Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Before working on Object manager I decided to give a quick look at "Export bitmap" palette.
Here are tho mockups:
http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup06.png (vertical orientation) http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup07.png (horizontal orientation)
IIRC, someone proposed the inclusion in the palette of a preview of the exported bitmap. how about a mocup containing such a widget?
A few notes
- I can easily imagine plenty of people who would prefer a longer
input box for filename. No probs :) Just exchange "Output file:..." label and input box. That's it.
- I've removed units switcher, because it seems to make no sense as
we already have one units switcher in document properties which works everywhere. However it is present on one of first mockups (http://techwriter.nm.ru/mockups/mockup03.png).
it may be useful to change the units from the export palette: the entire page is using one units type but when exporting a specific detail you may need other units, one case can be if the entire document is intended for one type of usage (print) and the detail for another (web)
- I've placed a output file size counter label on the form, because
it would be a nifty feature for those who does web design in Inkscape --- they always want to know how large the file is :) Besides otherwise there will be either empty space or a too large "Export" button.
i think the usefulness of displaying the file size is increasing when the settings for save can be adjusted (for example export as JPEG and change compression) but AFAIK for now Inkscape can export only as PNG.
- I might be missing some feature plans for this palette. No probs,
again :) I can redesign current mockups to make them fit your plans.
i won't claim knowledge of HIG (because i don't have) but my first impression of this mockup is that it can use more spacing, it looks too dense and busy