[Freeciv-Dev] Re: new_city_dialog ver 12

[Daniel Sjölie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2001-10-23 18:03:31, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:53:31AM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:40:51PM +0200, Daniel Sjölie wrote:
> > > > "Unit list" should be "Present unit list".
> > > 
> > > Ack.
> > 
> > I don't think so. The idea is saving screen real estate. The first time
> > someone clicks on it and finds that not all units are brought up, he'll
> > figure it out.
> 
> No. If this is your reason what about renaming the button to
> "982kljsh". The user will figure it you anyway.

I really don't think that's a valid comparison...
But neither do I think that we're that cramped for space...

> > > > "Sentry units" should be "Sentry all units".
> > > 
> > > Hmm... Or really "Sentry all present units"...
> > > Hmm... Lets be consistent and make change all the buttons to
> > > "Activate present units", "Sentry present units" and "List present
> > > units" - ok?
> > 
> > I would say see above, but this might not be so obvious. It's certainly not
> > Sentry _ALL_ units because fortified units are not touched.
> 
> "Sentry idle units"?

Should be right...
I think "Activate present units", "Sentry idle units" and "List present
units" fits well enough... If it's too long in other languages then they
can reformulate there... (I'd rater se that we drop "units" everywhere
than "present"/"idle" - we are on the units page after all)

> > > > It may be good if the two boxes "Current worklist" and "Available
> > > > Items" are swapped. This would follow the usual left-to-right flow.
> > > 
> > > Hmm... Interesting thought...
> > > I think the layout on that page as a whole would suffer though...
> > > I'll leave it for now - other opinions? Consider how the buttons would
> > > be moved along...
> > > 
> > > > The "Do you really want to sell xyz for jkashd" dialog may be
> > > > discarded since the player now sees the information.
> > > 
> > > Hmm... Yes...
> > > Confirmation might be good but I'm with you... Others?
> > 
> > absolutely, boy it would suck to accidently sell that university that I
> > just got finished building...
> 
> Make it an option? We have this nice misc. settings pane.

Umm... Later? :)

/Daniel

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