On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
I have some doubts about the adaptable UI feature.
Part 1: UI issues
- The UI mode selection combo box (called "Task" for some reason)
That's actually a very simple and straightforward issue. The naming is from the industry standard for such things. You really should read some of the information that has been presented, mentioned in discussions, linked to, etc. It is also very important to understand the purpose of a feature to be able to asses and to assist with what might be appropriate architecture to implement it.
Since you seem to have missed it a few times, I'll relink again:
Michael Terry's presentation from the Libre Graphics Meeting last year: http://river-valley.tv/ingimp-a-smorgasbord-of-usability-adaptive-uis-and-vi...
The slides from that presentation: http://www.ingimp.org/sites/default/files/michael_terry_lgm_2009.pdf
His overall page: http://hci.uwaterloo.ca/faculty/mterry/
I also gave a presentation on this at linux.conf.au. http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/schedule/view_talk/50299?day=friday Once they get the slides and videos posted, I'll link to those too.
Again, it very much helps to drop in to our chat room once in a while. Aside from getting an idea what goes on for different users and other devs, you can ask questions and get general pointers