[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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