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[Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bertrand,

thank you for a great job!

> 2) I published another that proposed another look for the "closed task pane"
>
> Mostly, it displays a fancy tab label with an icon and a label. That
> provides fanciness to the browser, and a clearer meaning for the content
> of the bottom pane. Moreover, it goes further the way towards having
> several bottom panels.
>
> The code is there. Pull, test, enjoy, comment, criticize, argue.
>
> lp:~bertrand-rousseau/gtg/test-add-tab-label-to-accessory-pane
> <https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ebertrand-rousseau/gtg/test-add-tab-label-to-accessory-pane>

My 2 cents:

Personally, I find the tab confusing. When I have a tab, I expect to be 
able to open more tabs, what is not possible right now. The positive 
thing is, that I am able to close that pane much more easier.

The tab takes a lot of space. This feature is turned off by default and 
the user must turn it on explicitly (in menu). Personally, I don't like 
this feature.

> 3) I experimented with GtkInfoBars in the taskview
>
> The following branch add an GtkInfoBar in the taskview when the browser
> is in WorkView mode. IMHO, this approach provides a clearer information
> about what task are displayed in the list. Maybe it can be also used for
> the future search feature.
>
> Attention, attention: this is just an experiment. Please test and
> comment in the following bug report:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtg/+bug/844963
>
> lp:~bertrand-rousseau/gtg/test-add-infobar-in-taskview
> <https://code.launchpad.net/%7Ebertrand-rousseau/gtg/test-add-infobar-in-taskview>

This is a good idea! I can imagine that somebody presses Workview button 
by an accident and saying: "What the hack, where are my tasks?". I think 
this feature should be turned on by default. It takes some space and 
might be confusing for more experience users who spend a lot of time in 
workview mode. There should be a switch to turn it off.

> 5) I created a branch with a new tag editor (work in progress!)
>
> I started about one year ago some work on a new tag editor allowing to
> select either a color or an icon for a tag. The selctor would allow to
> pick a color in a palette, or to pick a custom color.
>
> Right now this work is in a really early stage, and not completely
> functional. For instance there is not way to pick a custom color yet.
> Moreover, the UI is absolutely awful. However that a start. If you're
> curious, you can take a look, I'm of course open to comment and remarks!
>
> The branch is here:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~bertrand-rousseau/gtg/dev-new-tag-editor

I like this idea :-) So far I found a few issues:

When I select an icon and then click somewhere in the whitespace, I get 
the following traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File 
"/home/iyo/downloads/dev-new-tag-editor/GTG/gtk/browser/tageditor.py", 
line 288, in on_selection_changed
    my_iter  = self.symbol_model.get_iter(my_path[0])
IndexError: list index out of range

Another issue is that I close the tag editor, the main view is not 
refreshed. The tasks still have the old color/icon. I have to choose 
another tag and then switch back.

Keep going, it is a very nice feature to have in GTG!

Thanks for the great amount of the work you had done!

Izidor