[jsword-devel] Suggestion for improving display

[Don Parris]

Eric Galluzzo wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 13:08, DM Smith wrote:
> 
>>Here is a mock up:
> 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Hmmm.  I'm not sure I like this terribly: 5 lines is an awful lot of
> real estate.  Let me see if I can reduce it by comparing with the
> Mozilla interface.
> 
> In Mozilla:
>       * The "address bar" contains both toolbar buttons and the editable
>         address field.
>       * Searching is done either in a sidebar or by typing something in
>         the address field and selecting "Search for XYZ" in the
>         dropdown.
>       * There is no equivalent of the bible dropdown, the restriction or
>         passage fields.
> 
> Applying this to the Bible Desktop, we could perhaps reduce the amount
> of real estate required by:
>       * Getting rid of the radio buttons and putting the search and
>         match and the corresponding fields in a sidebar
>       * Getting rid of the radio buttons and displaving a plain text
>         field that "popped down" a search and/or match option
>       * Putting the "Find" field on the same line as some of the other
>         fields (say, the Restriction field, which shouldn't be too
>         large)
> 
> Another possibility is to have just a plain text field with a "More
> Options >>" button that pops down the other four lines.  Selecting a
> radio button in the "more options" section would cause the plain text
> field to behave in that manner, and the settings would persist even if
> the "More Options <<" button were pressed in order to reclaim the real
> estate.  Does that make any sense at all?  It's kinda late. :)
> 
>         - Eric
> 
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Would it be a problem to move the Bible Version drop-down box to the 
menu/toolbar?  I mean, you've got all that wasted space to the right side of 
both bars.  Where Mozilla has an address bar, make that the Version 
selector.  Just a thought.  But it doesn't necessarily need to be next to 
the raido buttons.  Hope that's helpful.

Don