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Bug 85518 - Usability: Prefs > Labels should not have to scroll
Usability: Prefs > Labels should not have to scroll
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-media
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gnome-volume-control
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: Iain
gnome media maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-06-16 23:29 UTC by Reinout van Schouwen
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Reinout van Schouwen 2002-06-16 23:29:20 UTC 
The Labels tab of the volue control preferences contains a table with
displayable labels. In the initial view only two labels are visible. There
is room for many more. For the "obviousness" of the UI it is better to have
as many items visible as possible without having to scroll.

I also refer to http://geocities.com/mpt_nz/ig2h.html:

      Except for listboxes and tables, don’t make the user scroll to see
any of the interface elements in a window. The need for scrolling is one of
the worst aspects of Web applications, and should not be reproduced in
native GNOME programs.

(Yes, mpt makes an exception for tables, but the enumeration of labels does
not have to be a table!)
Comment 1 Iain 2002-06-22 13:47:52 UTC 
In gnome 2 the labels are in a listbox and it scrolls.
Comment 2 Calum Benson 2002-07-25 14:06:27 UTC 
Have to agree with Reinout here somewhat; the theme list in the
gnome-cd prefs has always annoyed me for being too small :)

The HIG doesn't explictly say it (unfortunately, we should fix that),
but I would recommend that a list control should always be big enough
to show at *least* three or four entries without scrolling.