[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7127) [FS] Screen design

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 08:14:03PM -0800, Morgan Jones wrote:
> 
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
> 
> Ok here's a new hastily thrown together layout idea.
> 
> Please note that I haven't covered everything; I just wanted to see if
> this idea was worth pursuing or not.
> 
> As I said before having as much of the map visible as possible is IMO
> essential to a good layout.  I was also thinking about how it's
> frustrating that if you want to find a city or unit you have to open
> the find city, city or military report, select the unit, click popup
> or centre or whatever and then close the dialog to see the map again
> (well unless you've got a massive screen resolution).

> So my proposal is that the main GUI has different pages that you can
> switch to and from without ever opening anything over top of the
> mapview.

While the reasons you stated are good I don't think this is a good
idea. The problem is that the city list for example now has only a 1/3
of the screen space. You are forced to use a small font or display
only a small amount of information.

What about a switch which makes certain screens (city list for
example) full screen? Or if you click on an icon you switch to this
screen/report with 1/3 height and if you double click it will be full
screen after switching.

        Raimar

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