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Bug 99428 - [ui-review] Window preferences dialog - UI review suggestions
[ui-review] Window preferences dialog - UI review suggestions
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Window preferences
2.1.x
Other other
: High minor
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Assigned To: Havoc Pennington
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-11-24 16:55 UTC by Eugene O'Connor
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.1/2.2



Description Eugene O'Connor 2002-11-24 16:55:49 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:
Comment 1 Glynn Foster 2002-11-25 13:34:11 UTC
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.
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2002-12-02 01:17:20 UTC
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...