IMPORTANTE: >>>>> properties change on desktop object dont lead to refresh <<<<< drags onto desktop dont seem to be refreshed when link complete Also, panel drag originated in is trashed by shaped window moving around in it during drag event file actions dont cause panels to be refreshed automatically All: - It leaks objects. - Session management Desktop: - Add special destkop entries ("Network neighborhood") Panels: - Global bindings (some shortcuts are not implemented) - Split view. Viewer: - Toolbar - Enable editor. - Fix colors. - Add cursor - Debug monitor Widgets: - Push history - Use Gnome File Entry where possible. DND: - Get sopwith to fix the random motion of his dnd icons. - Check the purify stuff. Observations from Dr Mike: From msf@redhat.com Wed Apr 1 15:12:58 1998 Return-Path: To: Miguel de Icaza cc: msf@redhat.com, marc@redhat.com Subject: gmc observations Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 16:14:50 -0500 From: Michael Fulbright Ok you asked for it... General Comments ---------------- - needs documentation, context help, etc. Is anyone writing this? - icon view would be nice, I realize its in the works - the panel scrollbar is wierd - if you middle mouse click somewhere the thumb moves there, but if you then move the mouse (while holding middle button down) up and down, the thumb doesn't follow the mouse. However, if you middle click and drag on the thumb, it does follow. I think the thumb should follow in both cases. This is a gtk comment I'm sure. Panel comments --------------- - The list headers dont seem to resize nicely - if I run gmc and try to shrink the 'Name' column, it won't accept the new size and returns to the original size. If I resize the gmc window, then it seems to start working SOMETIMES. Sorry I can't come up with a better failure mode - just run gmc and see if you can resize the 'Name' column. - when the name column does resize, and its so small it clips the longer names, there should probably be an indication that the filename has been truncated. I think win95 puts a '...' at the end to let you know the string is truncated in that column. I think its a really nice touch, but not a complete show stopper. - the user needs some feedback that something is happening - for example, on an ftp link, the cursor needs to change or a modal dialog popping up saying 'getting directory listing...' or something. - 'Compare panels' doesnt appear to do anything - i didnt see any feedback after I chose the compare method. - Alt-t didnt seem to change the listing mode. - the pull-downs on the entry boxes under the floating menubar dont seem to do anything. I thought they might act as a history of the last few directories visited or something. - the internal viewer, in hex mode, seems to shove the ASCII side of the view (the rightmost column) off the side of the window. - internal viewer - search didnt seem to work in hex mode - internal viewer - search should hilight the matching text - I didnt get an error message when I tried to change the file modes on a file I didnt own. - double clicking on a file object seemed to try to push an artificial drag sometimes, I thought it would try to open it or something. - when selecting 'Copy' from the right click menu, it would be nice to have a browsable tree to select the destination from. - i couldnt seem to drag things onto the root window Configure Options ----------------- - need some sort of help for all these options, they aren't too intuitive. We can't assume people are going to read the man page. - 'Find File' dialog - the Tree button needs a pixmap Also, during a find, the dialog violently resizes as it lists the directories it is searching through. Seems like the label showing the currently searched dir needs to be a separate container or something. It looks like its in the first column of the table of buttons below it. VFS Options ----------- - Passive ftp option? - it was nice to get feedback when grabbing a file via ftp - this sort of feedback while grabbing a ls listing from a ftp server would be cool.