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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 02:21:17PM +0200, Luca Invernizzi wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Bertrand Rousseau <bertrand.rousseau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 20/05/10 00:48, Luca Invernizzi wrote:
> >> My ui (listing only). Don't consider alignment and such, it's just a
> >> sketch.

I fixed up a few alignments here and there.
(P.S. if you turn on the grid (hotkey is '#' i.e. shift+3) it helps with
aligning stuff.)

> >> Optionally, we can add beside the listing of the backend the name of
> >> the synced tags in a color similar to the preview of the tasks in gtg
> >
> > Nice sketch, consistency with empathy is a good thing.
> >
> > I agree with your suggestion of putting tags (with colors) altogether with
> > the backends listing. We should see what it will look like of course, but I
> > think it's an important information.
> >
> > A small remark: you have "quit", "apply" and "cancel" buttons below. If we
> > follow GNOME guidelines, it should rather be an "instant apply" dialog. I
> > think you'd better have a "Close" button, and no cancel/apply. If the idea
> > was to explicitely demand to sync tasks, maybe you could have a "Synchronize
> > task" instead.
> Ok. I think it would be better to explicitely demand the sync. People
> have to understand that once they press that button their configuration
> will be used to fetch tasks because, once it's pressed, it will be hard
> to undo what's happening.

One thought is that this could be a toggle button, in which case it
could also take care of the "[] enable" checkbox as well.  That would
remove one bit of clutter and (IMHO) make it a bit clearer to the user
what state things are in.

> Anyway, I've made a inkscape version, as you suggested, which is now available
> in lp:~gtg-user/gtg/backends-ui. 

Sweet, hope my changes help.  :-)

Bryce