[jsword-devel] Suggestion for improving display
Don Parris
evangelinux at matheteuo.org
Mon Aug 30 20:54:53 MST 2004
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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This just keeps getting better, doesn't it? I can now r-click to close
tabs! Yeeeehaaaa! And the reference pane opens at a reasonable size, too.
Keep it up!
Don
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