Re: gtk d-i : using size instead of "shape" to differentiate text
--- Attilio Fiandrotti <attilio.fiandrotti@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Eduardo Silva wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > In gtk d-i, wouldn't it be better to use size to
> > differentiate the "sections of text", instead of
> using
> > diffent "shapes"(bold, italic, regular)?
> >
> > Currently, all the text has the same size, and are
> > differentiated like this (ordered by importance):
> >
> > "Step" title - bold
> > Question - regular
> > Options/Text Entry title - italic
> > Question description - regular
> >
> > What I sugest would be (assuming the Next/Go Back
> text
> > size is now at 10 px):
> >
> > "Step" title - 12 px
> > Question - 11 px
> > Options/Text Entry title- 10 px
> > Question description - 9 px. If it makes the
> interface
> > too confusing (too many sizes), then 10 px.
> >
> > Of course, the diferences in size could be
> greater,
> > for example, the "Step" title could be 2 pixels
> bigger
> > than the question, and the Question 2 pixels
> bigger
> > than the Options/Text Entry title. It would only
> > depend on the maximum amount of text that there
> could
> > exist on-screen at the minimum resolution
> possible.
> >
> > The reasons I ordered the sizes this way are:
> >
> > Step title: a user shouldn't loose himself in what
> > part of the instalation he is in :) ;
> > Question: a user must then know what is being
> > requested/asked of him;
> > Options/Text Entry title: a user must then know
> his
> > available options, or what he must type exactly in
> the
> > text entry;
> > Question description: after getting the previous
> > three, the user can read a semi-detailed
> description
> > of what is being requested/asked of him. New users
> > would read them anyway, but users which install
> many
> > times debian, or have been using debian in the
> past,
> > or are advanced users, etc., will know by heart or
> > understand imediately what each question is about,
> and
> > will disregard it.
> >
> > An example (not the best, because has little text)
> of
> > how doing this improves the readability of an
> > interface, see for example this gdm theme for
> etch:
> >
>
http://cdd.debian-br.org/~si0ux/artwork/debian/01/01gdm.png
> >
> > The title "Welcome" is the first thing grabing
> > atention, then the Text entry title "Username".
>
> I agree that weigth, size and style of text used for
> title, question
> description and extended question description should
> not be hardcoded in
> the GTK frontend, like it happens now, butexternally
> defined in the
> gtkrc file.
> I don't know if this is possible (i'd like to define
> css-like styles in
> gtkrc), but for sure it's something that is worth
> investigating.
> Eduardo, btw, do you think you can update the "!"
> and "X" icons you
> created some times ago to match the look of
> clearlooks theme we're now
> using in the g-i?
>
> Thanks
>
> Attilio
>
Yes :) I think that the creator of the current look,
Andre Ferreira, may be wanting to do that as well, but
I think the more icons done, the better :)
Eduardo
OH MY ... http://www.geocities.com/jobezone/index.html
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