FontInstaller (Was: Gnome Article on UI Design on /.)

[Thomas Diehl]

Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002 23:54 schrieb Waldo Bastian:

> There are clearly two kinds of users, those who need professional
> font-management and those who just want to be able to add a font they
> just downloaded. I think it is important to address the needs of both
> groups and at the same time making the transition from one to the other
> as smooth as possible.

Yes!

> Why do you prefer to have the "install from" section in the dialog
> itself? We have a very sophisticated file-selection dialog which seems to
> me to be much easier to use to select files with than a home-grown
> method. What is the compelling reason for not using a standard
> file-selection dialog in this case?

I would very much prefer to have a file dialog there which looks as much as 
possible like the rest of our dialogs. But so far they lack a few important 
things:

1) When showing a file like  zx______.pfb they will only tell me that is a 
"Font". They won't tell me it is the "Type1 version of the Adobe Sans 
Multiple Master font"
2) They don't give me a preview of the font

(Additional note: The file dialog should remember the last position where it 
was opened; should only show me the font files in a directory, nothing 
else; and should always stay open and side-by-side with the "Install to" 
view to save me a lot of clicking and rearranging windows.)

Regards,

Thomas


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