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[Luca Invernizzi <invernizzi.l@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.)
Thanks! I didn't know about that. Anyway, for me # is AltGr+à, because
we Italians think that AltGr is a fine key that is under-used ^_^
>
>> >> 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.
I like that idea! Mockup updated.
>
>> 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
>

Attaching current mockup for your convenience.

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