[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Players dialog usability (GTK)

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 04:47:25PM +0200, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> There has been improvements to the players dialog (GTK client) 
> usability in CVS head. Moving the menus to the lower right corner of 
> the window makes it easier to spot.
> 
> Here's a few thoughts on how to improve the dialog's usability further:
> 
> In the space below the list of nations and to the left of the menus, we 
> could place a few buttons with shortcuts to the most commonly used 
> commands. My suggestion is "Incite Meeting" and "Cancel Treaty".

... and remove the menue completely.

> Also, I get the impression that many newbies have difficulties 
> declaring war. Therefore I think we should have a "Declare War" option 
> under the Diplomacy menu that immediately cancel all treaties in one 
> go.

Maybe. I think a 'cancel treaty' button will do it. Create a flying text
"use this to get from peace to war".

More important is that it is very dangerous, and we need a confirmation box
for this command IMNSHO.

Christian

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