Re: [mat-dev] Simplified UI [Was: About the "force" option i…

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Auteur: jvoisin
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Sujet: Re: [mat-dev] Simplified UI [Was: About the "force" option in the GUI]
On 24 June 2013 09:08, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GI Jack wrote (23 Jun 2013 23:32:25 GMT) :
>> if your working on the GUI, it can use some bigger icons, say 48x48 or 64x64, text
>> beneath the icons, etc...

I think someone else proposed this, and I gave him a wrong answer.
Thank you for proposing this again,
I have produced a mockup (see below). This is indeed a good idea.
>
>> It also can't handle more than one file being dragged at a time, which is marginally anoying.

Fixed in git :)
>
>> If your wondering what I think mat-GUI should look like, I think "Sound Converter" is a great templatle

Thank you for this suggestion.
>
>
> Thanks for these suggestions. My own proposals were very similar
> a while ago, but then I got convinced that we should instead get rid
> of any kind of "Add File" in this GUI, get rid of the app menu
> launcher altogether, and have a Nautilus extension be the only way to
> run it. So, I've stopped thinking of a simplified GUI.
>
> However, I now realize not everybody uses GNOME, so it probably makes
> sense to keep supporting some minimal "Add File" functionality in the
> GUI, as well as a .desktop launcher.
>
> I do agree the Sound Converter UI looks like a great source of
> inspiration :)


Here is the current mockup of the new interface:
http://i.imgur.com/abb56sP.png


I remove the "force cleanup" and the "backup" options.
The first one was clearly useless, and the second doesn't seems really relevant.