[gpodder-devel] GUI Proposal

  • From: priestoftime at googlemail.com (Shane Donohoe)
  • Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:20:58 +0000

This is going to be a case of not being able to make everyone happy, but
I preferred the entryAddChannel where it was. But it's not a big deal,
so I don't really mind too much.

On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 12:02 +0100, Rafael Proen?a wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have to say that I am really impressed how active and collaborative people
> are around here, and I am thankful for that.
> 
> So, let's do this by parts. Seems that everyone agree that the show/hide
> feature should be included, so I have made a patch for that. I have also
> added the "update all" button on bottom of the channels list, removed the
> "Update Feeds" button from toolbar and changed the position of the
> entryAddChannel box.
> 
> For those wondering why to change the position of the entryAddChannel,
> besides IMO being more intuitive and clean, as a very general guideline, in
> left-to-right languages, we should avoid having a selection in one control
> change a control above it or to its left.
> 
> Here is the patch:
> http://www.cypherbios.org/files/gpodder_viewtoolbar_addfeedposition.patch
> 
> So, to sum up the contents of this little patch:
> * Add a menu View > Toolbar (checkbox item to show hide the toolbar);
> * Change the position of entryAddChannel;
> * Add a "Update all" button into the bottom of the channels list;
> * Remove the "Update Feeds" from the toolbar.
> 
> These changes can be seen in this screenshot:
> http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7018/gpodderviewmenuej3.png
> 
> PS.: The patch is based on the latest revision (554).
> Files changed were just data/gpodder.glade and src/gpodder/gui.py
> 
> Every feedback is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Rafael Proen?a
> https://launchpad.net/~cypherbios
> http://www.cypherbios.org/blog
> http://www.ubuntu-br.org




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