Re: [Pnet-developers] A few SWF ideas

[Rich Baumann]

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 06:19, Ilyak wrote:
> 1) All attempts to implement windows-like file selection "suffer" from 
> the fact hierachery is different

The GTK+ file selection dialog works on both windows and *nix, and it's
been the subject of near-constant UI reviews and discussions for
usability, so it's probably be a good reference to use. You should check
the GNOME Usability mailing list archives for discussions about it (and
plenty of mockups for proposed changes), especially the more recent
threads.

> How about to make it FUN:
> (house image)Homedir
> (mountain image)Mountpoints
> - (root picture) /
> - (house image) /home
> - (windows icon) /mnt/win_main
> - (gear picture) /usr
> and so on....

Using icons based on phonetic similarities (i.e. a mountain image for
Mountpoints) is an I18N and usability problem. If the word "Mountpoints"
translates to something which is totally different than the word to
which "mountain" translates, the meaning of the icon is lost, and the
user will likely be confused. For something like the home directory, a
house image works because its meaning is related to the concept of home,
not the word "home".


Rich