GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 99428
[ui-review] Window preferences dialog - UI review suggestions
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Here are the notes I took from the UI review on 21 Nov 02. We looked at the following application: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~gfoster/ui-review/TWO/preference- dialogs/Screenshot-Gnome-window-properties.png Here are the suggested changes: * Change the modifier keys drop-down list to radio buttons * Merge the prefs in this dialog with the window behavior prefs if not already done * Change the spin box to a slider * The following label changes: s/Select windows when the mouse moves over them/Point to window to select the window s/Raise selected windows after a brief time/Raise selected windows after interval s/Tenths of a second before raising the window/Interval [slider] milliseconds (Do we need units on this option?) s/Double-click window titles to:/Double-click titlebar to perform this action: s/To move windows, click while holding down:/To move a window, press-and- hold this key then grab the window:
Dialog needs a window icon too. More border spacing to align with the buttons at the bottom. Another suggestion was - - <huey> Given the limited amount of modifier keys it might be better to have radio buttons or checkboxes instead of a combobox ('Alt' 'Shift' ['Meta'/'Windows'] 'Ctrl') Likewise for other combobox.
OK, done in CVS, except the "select windows when mouse moves over them" was user tested quite a bit by Seth so I didn't change that. We know the current one works...