Comments on: HackWeek – Minor polish http://kohei.us/2009/07/27/hackweek-minor-polish/ Kohei Yoshida's Webspace Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jakub Steiner http://kohei.us/2009/07/27/hackweek-minor-polish/comment-page-1/#comment-9616 Jakub Steiner Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:20:57 +0000 http://kohei.us/?p=507#comment-9616 Many application put an asterisk (*) in front of the document name in the window title to mark it "dirty". I believe that's the best approach here. Many application put an asterisk (*) in front of the document name in the window title to mark it “dirty”. I believe that’s the best approach here.

]]> By: Kohei Yoshida http://kohei.us/2009/07/27/hackweek-minor-polish/comment-page-1/#comment-9612 Kohei Yoshida Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:55:42 +0000 http://kohei.us/?p=507#comment-9612 Hi miles, I think what you said about the diskette icon not being the best choice is spot on. I was initially thinking about something different, like a green light icon for a non-modified state and red light icon for a modified state (just like traffic lights). I used the diskette icon as a place holder simply because I had run out of Hack Week time. I will definitely come back to it and try to come up with a better image to use. >does clicking on a diskette actually save the document? Actually yes. :-) Well, not a single-click, but a double-click saves the current document. I didn't want to use single-click because all the other status bar window uses double-click to execute a command (such as launching a dialog etc), so I wanted to be consistent there. Hi miles,

I think what you said about the diskette icon not being the best choice is spot on. I was initially thinking about something different, like a green light icon for a non-modified state and red light icon for a modified state (just like traffic lights). I used the diskette icon as a place holder simply because I had run out of Hack Week time. I will definitely come back to it and try to come up with a better image to use.

>does clicking on a diskette actually save the document?

Actually yes. :-) Well, not a single-click, but a double-click saves the current document. I didn’t want to use single-click because all the other status bar window uses double-click to execute a command (such as launching a dialog etc), so I wanted to be consistent there.

]]> By: miles http://kohei.us/2009/07/27/hackweek-minor-polish/comment-page-1/#comment-9611 miles Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:08:08 +0000 http://kohei.us/?p=507#comment-9611 Great, Kohei. I do think the first feature is great. I am not so overwhelmed about the second one - a diskette means saving to users, so a diskette in full color would mean that OOo is just saving a document and a b/w diskette would probably mean that saving is disabled. I would suggest some other icon or a combination of several icons, like a diskette and an exclamation mark or something. Also, does clicking on a diskette actually save the document? That would be the most logical action/reaction/expectation of a newbie user, I guess. Anyway, thanks for your great work! Great, Kohei.
I do think the first feature is great.
I am not so overwhelmed about the second one – a diskette means saving to users, so a diskette in full color would mean that OOo is just saving a document and a b/w diskette would probably mean that saving is disabled. I would suggest some other icon or a combination of several icons, like a diskette and an exclamation mark or something. Also, does clicking on a diskette actually save the document? That would be the most logical action/reaction/expectation of a newbie user, I guess.
Anyway, thanks for your great work!

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