[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #305: GUI enhancements

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Tue Jun 10 15:04:41 PDT 2008


#305: GUI enhancements
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  Reporter:  monreal      |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:         
 Component:  pavucontrol  |    Severity:  normal 
Resolution:               |    Keywords:         
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Comment (by monreal):

 The screenshot above shows pavucontrol with four parts marked:

 A: Header.
 Why do PA apps have such a header? It takes away a lot of space for no
 good reason. Also, GNOME apps don't have such a thing, so the PA apps look
 out of place.

 B: Lock button.
 I see why you choose this icon, it's a lock in stock GTK. But in GNOME-
 icon-theme and other themes another metaphor is used, so you cannot rely
 on a given metaphor. It's a bad idea to rely on an icon with a totally
 different meaning (in this case: security/authentication) anyway.
 No big deal, have a look at what GIMP does for locking two sliders
 together (crop or scale dialogs for example). IMHO a widget like this
 would work well in PA as well.

 C: Mute button.
 The icon used is a status icon. IMHO having a button with a pressed state
 for active (with the unmuted icon) and unpressed state for inactive (with
 muted icon) would be more usable.

 D: Footer.
 Right now you can only close the app using the window manager's [x] as
 there is no menu. IMHO a footer with a [Close] button would make sense
 here. It would also allow you to add a [Help] button, which could be
 useful in such an application.

 For all these, see the following mockup.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/305#comment:1>
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