On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Kirk Bridger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Vadim, > > Here are my thoughts. > > 1 - is it important that the user know which setting is currently active? > If so then having this dropdown always visible would be a good thing. If > not, then it adds up to visual clutter. > I would say it is. > > 2 - if the user doesn't need to know the current value of the setting, then > you could consider a solution like your window picker (from the screenshots > section of the website you linked). That way they have a quicker way to > access the profiles, but do not need to always see the current profile > name. Of course then you're stuck with a button visible all the time, which > really doesn't seem to add a lot, other than reducing the visual clutter by > abstracting it all to a single button. > Yes, that is what I was thinking - you'll notice that the status bar currently says which profile is active. Replacing it with a combo box could do the trick to show, and be able to change, the profiles. > > > 3 - I've installed Shutter (very cool!) and am not quite clear on what > purpose the profiles have. Could you elaborate a bit on how they're used, > possibly with examples? > They adjust your shutter preferences. For example, a person who works on documentation might need special settings for when taking documentation screenshots (have a timed delay, don't capture the mouse, etc) - but they wouldn't need this when taking a screenshot of their desktop for a friend. So they could have a "documentation" and a "usual" profile. Hope that explains it okay > > > Kirk > > > > > > Vadim Peretokin wrote: > > Could anyone offer any input on this? > > Thank you! > > On 3/12/09, Vadim Peretokin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I have a usability question. An application I'm on the developer team for >> benefits extensively from different preferences settings, so it allows the >> user to make 'profiles' and change them on-the-fly. >> >> One issue that was raised however is that it's too tedious to go to edit ▸ >> preferences and choose a new profile, with the suggestion of instead having >> a combo box in the main window's statusbar that would allow profile >> changing. >> >> I'm wondering if anyone here can suggest a better method or this one is >> fine? > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing > [email protected]http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > >
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