Re: [Fwd: Re: [Synaptic-devel] Ui Proposal]

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

Hi Renate!

> I have to admit that I've changed my mind concerning the radio buttons. 
> 
> Normal buttons are a much more intuitive way of selecting a status. The
> HIG is in favor of using toggle buttons to indicate a state, too.
> 
> I think that the problem was the missing distinction between toogle and
> action buttons in the ui. I always wanted to use the buttons as action
> buttons. This was why I made the suggestion with the undo button.
> 
> Here is a new try: This time with a better and cleaner toggle button
> implementation.

It looks promising! Please, if possible, test it in a 640x480
environment, to be sure that it won't reduce the right panel
too much.

> Furthermore I would suggest using more expressive labels on the
> buttons and a title. But the text is not the final one...

I don't think a title/text is necessary at that point. Improving
the button labels will reduce even more the need for something there.

Thanks for your work!

-- 
Gustavo Niemeyer
http://niemeyer.net