[interfacekit] Re: some prefs issues

"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> after the recent and not-so recent updates of some prefs up, I have 
> several issues I'd be glad to clear:
> 1) could we join the different UI related preferences applications? 
> There is ScrollBar, there is Menu, Appearance, etc. - there is too much 
> of them IMO.

I'm pretty happy with the way things are now.  Alternatively, a
ScreenSaver type preferences app would not offend my sense of
aesthetic.

> 2) could we not break standard UI design with our (system delivered) 
> applications? I am mostly thinking about "Appearance" here and its 
> misplaced menu bar, but also the circle that shows the currently 
> selected color as it looks "foreign" - it doesn't fit into the design 
> of the other widgets.

I agree with this.

> 3) could we please, please, pretty please not introduce fixed-size 
> knobs in scroll bars into OpenBeOS? Also I think we shouldn't allow for 
> separate skinning of the scroll bars as well, because I can't see how 
> that is different from any other UI component. I wouldn't even add the 
> possibility to change between single and double arrow styled scroll 
> bars; sometimes people just don't know what's good for them.

I think you'll find some backward thinker wants those fixed-size
knobs but we should not make them the default any more. :-)  I
used to use single arrows for a while until I saw the light, as well.
No grippy for me thanks. :-)

Andrew

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