[Freeciv-Dev] Re: New city dialog - stage 10

[Daniel Sjölie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2001-04-29 21:01:47, Christian Knoke wrote:
> Am Samstag, 28. April 2001 18:18 schrieben Sie:
> > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 11:40:05AM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > >
> > > A related problem: In the worklist page, both lists are
> > > sized equal, even if the left one is proper displayed
> > > already, and the right one still uses scroll bars. It
> > > would be much nicer, if this was solved more intelligently.
> > > But maybe this is too tricky with GTK?
> >
> > We (Tuomas and I) have discussed this:
> >  - no scrollbars at all -> size increases
> >  - fixed size -> always scrollbars
> >  - size depending on the size of the whole dialog -> sometimes
> > scrollbars - user decides which columns are shown
> >  - smaller font

I' like the two last ones... Preferably the fontsize should be
adjustable as well...

> > Want do you want?
> 
> I suggest the following: remove the "Info" column from
> the current worklist on the left and remove the horizontal
> scrollbars from that list. Keep the scrollbars of the
> available items list on the right, and remove the "Turns"
> column from it. Reduce the size of the "Turns" column. Max
> is 999.

The turns column could be smaller, true, but I don't think it should be
removed all together...

> The "Info" doesn't tell you much; you should really know
> what you are building. The "Turns" info in the right window
> isn't useful either, the "Cost" info is more informative IMO.
> 
> This prevents you from overloading the dialog and from exceding
> it over 800 pixels. Plus, it will remove the scrollbars at all
> in most cases. The important thing on the city dialog is that
> it is *handy* to use.

Well, it's no good if it's handy to use but You have to check elsewhere
for extra info all the time... I'm all for the possibility of disabeling
columns for users with a good memory but I don't want them removed
completely...

/Daniel

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