RE: [Bug-gnubg] New proposed GUI layout!

[Albert Silver]

Just a first comment: Outstanding!!!!

I'm attaching my settings with some color changes which Oystein has
already seen. I'll be adding some textures to give it a real nice look.
Two things, is it at all possible to separate the percentiles from the
move data so as to be able to reduce the horizontal size a bit? A bit
like the pic attached, or is this complicated/undesirable? Also, is it
possible to place the 3 luck/checker/cube labels (for "lucky", etc.) on
the same line? They take up a lot of space one over the other. Still,
let me tell you right away this is so much nicer to work with.

                                                Albert

> Hi all!
> 
> As the 3D board is getting closer, I think it's time to consider other
> GUI impovements. Albert have already made some suggestions and
proposed
> some layout changes. The major thing is the multi-windowed gui. I
think
> it really makes it hard for users switching from one window to
another.
> Albert and me, and probably even someone else, believe the windows
> should be integrated into one window.
> 
> I have therefore made some changes tho gtkgame.c and gtkchequer.c in
the
> branch-board3d branch, and compiled a executable with the changes. For
> those of you who are mainly users of GNU Backgammon can try this out
and
> report back to the list if you think this integration of the windows
> improve the application.
> 
> For those of you who's not using windows and don't compile yourself,
can
> take a look at this screenshot:
> http://home.online.no/~oeysteij/myscreen-layout.png  (1280x1024
391KB)
> 
> The two changed files, can be downloaded here:
> http://home.online.no/~oeysteij/changedfiles.tar.gz
> 
> The windows execuatble can be found here:
> http://home.online.no/~oeysteij/board3d-setup.exe (~4.8 MB)
> 
> REMEMBER THIS IS JUST FOR TESTING! AND YOU NEED A MODERN COMPUTER TO
> ENJOY THE 3D GRAPHICS.
> 
> Also, this executable uses the 0.13 weigths.
> 
> Discussion:
> I have tried this for some time now, and I think I do regular
operations
> quite faster with this new layout. The drawback is that the board may
be
> smaller. First of all this can be improved by making the MoveList
widget
> smaller by using two lines. (I tried to make a MoveList over two
lines,
> but I failed. Can anyone else try?)
> 
> Also, the righthand part of the screen should may be paned? Or is it a
> better solution? At least I think the message window is too big. More
> space could be given to the game list and analysis.
> 
> -Øystein
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bug-gnubg mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg

New GNU Layout1.zip
Description: Zip compressed data

Wood3d.zip
Description: Zip compressed data