Re: [Ayatana] Seeking feedback on professional video import UX design

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Jason DeRose wrote on 02/12/10 12:15:
>...
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AyatanaDmediaLovefest
> 
> If you wish to give me feedback, I have a giant favor to ask: if you
> find yourself critical of this design and don't yourself have
> experience with a high-volume pro use-case like this, please first ask
> yourself whether you're truly empathizing with the pro user in this
> scenario.

That might be why you've received no feedback here so far. The
intersection of Ubuntu design enthusiasts and professional photographers
is rather small.

>            A misunderstanding here is a totally innocent mistake, but
> it happens often and unfortunately never leads to the feedback I need
> to improve this design for the pro user in question.
>...

To reiterate what I said on IRC, I think using either notification
bubbles or a status menu for this is inappropriate. A notification
bubble is inappropriate because the moment at which you want to know how
many photos you've imported so far is not necessarily during the brief
period that the bubble is visible. And a menu is inappropriate because
you can't do anything else while you're viewing the things inside it.

I suggest instead investigating layouts for a window that lists import
sessions, with columns for time, number of photos imported, size, and
number of duplicates found.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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