[gpodder-devel] GUI Proposal
- From: priestoftime at googlemail.com (Shane Donohoe)
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:12:01 +0000
It's very nice, but I see one problem anyway. With this gui, there is no way to
view all of the current downloads at once.
I like the idea of a search bar. Could be very useful.
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 12:02 +0100, Rafael Proen?a wrote:
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> Hello there,
>
> I have been using gPodder for the last few weeks and I have to say: what a
> great application!
>
> But I think that right now there is some room for improvement on GUI side of
> the application.
> I've made a mockup of how I think the GUI should look like (there is nothing
> radical, just some few changes):
>
> http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7514/gpoddermockuptn7.png
> http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3065/gpoddermockupinfobu8.png
>
> I think this would enable a much simpler GUI, more clean and intuitive.
> For example:
>
> * I don't like the toolbar, so I would rather prefer an option to hide it
> (View > Toolbar).
> * Also, there is no need of an exclusive tab just to show the download
> progress-- it can be shown in the same main window.
> * The short description of the episode would be shown in the bottom when the
> item is selected.
> * The "Info" togglebutton would show/hide the information about the episode
> (including the full description and other pieces of information).
>
> I think the other changes speak by themselves.
>
> I've implemented part of these changes to myself, but I think that maybe
> someone else would appreciate that. But at the very least, the show/hide
> toolbar should be available, if someone want to I could send a patch for
> that, as well help with the implementation of the other things.
>
> So, what do you guys think about that?
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Rafael Proen?a
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