[rkward-devel] Some usability suggestions

[Germán Márquez Mejía]

Hi list,

I'd like to start a discussion (if not already started) about two specific 
changes in the behaviour of the plugin interfaces I came up with.

1. Given that we now have a useful "Run again" link in the HTML output, I 
wondered whether the plugin window remaining open after clicking OK is still 
necessary since there's no more risk of losing your settings (as long as you 
don't flush the output). As a personal experience, I always forgot to close 
them, ending up with several windows which I didn't need anymore. I think that 
introducing this minor change could be a noticeable improvement in the plugins 
usability. Of course, I don't expect that everybody agree with me, but this 
change has made my life a lot easier :-b. The patch I used also fixes a bug 
that - for me - prevented the "Run again" link to show up underneath a 
graphical output (I had to refresh it in order to see it).

2. The second suggestion is not to show the code by default. This is more 
personal taste, but I prefer clicking to see the code when I really want to. 
Besides, the default height of the code widget (40 pixels) looks so narrow 
with my resolution (1280x800) that I must expand it to be able to see some of 
the lines (of course it's always possible to configure that value in the 
settings).

So... what do you think?

I've produced a patch for each suggestion. Hope they don't break anything, but 
if they do, or are badly written, there's the idea, and I'm sure Thomas will 
manage to commit these changes correctly if they're approved. :)

Best regards,

-- 
Mancho
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