GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 758381
Add printer dialog could show better information
Last modified: 2021-06-09 16:12:32 UTC
Created attachment 315936 [details] Add printer dialog in Fedora 23 Description of the problem: On other operating systems the add printer dialog shows extra/clearer information that allows the user to make better choice. Steps to reproduce: 1. Run gnome-control-center printers . 2. Click the Unlock button at the top right of the window. 3. Type the user's local password and click Authenticate. 4. Click the Add New Printer button. 5. Wait for a AirPrint. Expected results: Friendly printer name to be shown. Location of the printer to be shown. Actual results: Only an unfriendly name is shown (perhaps based solely on the printer model). Additional information: On Mac OS X 10.9 a better name for the printer (based off what the printer calls its "Bonjour Service Name") is displayed and highlighting/selecting the printer (which is automatically done for the first one) shows the location of the printer too. On Windows 10's Add Printer dialog the name of the printer is hostname (which seems to come from what the printer calls its "Printer Name" in network settings). Attaching screenshots to show the differences between OSes. Version information: Fedora 23 control-center-3.18.1-1.fc23.x86_64
Created attachment 315937 [details] Add printer dialog in OS X 10.9
Created attachment 315938 [details] Add printer dialog in Windows 10
We are planning big changes in the Printers panel for the next release. These design changes are still under development, but you can see our target mockups at https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Printers#Guidelines We would love to discuss[0] improvements in the designs as well. [0] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Printers#Discussion
Felipe: Where should I leave feedback? I've filed a few bug reports against the existing design but should I stop doing that?
(In reply to Sitsofe Wheeler from comment #4) > Felipe: > Where should I leave feedback? I've filed a few bug reports against the > existing design but should I stop doing that? Thx. Feel free to add your comments (and link your bugs) in the wiki page[0]. [0] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Printers#Discussion
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org. As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org which have not seen updates for a longer time (resources are unfortunately quite limited so not every ticket can get handled). If you can still reproduce the situation described in this ticket in a recent and supported software version, then please follow https://wiki.gnome.org/GettingInTouch/BugReportingGuidelines and create a new bug report at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/ Thank you for your understanding and your help.