Re: [Qemu-devel] news on the OS X cocoa port

[Pierre d'Herbemont]

On 21 juil. 05, at 15:46, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> On 7/21/05, Mike Kronenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I just looked at the screenshots, and if you don't mind, I want to
> > > offer few suggestions for your GUI:
> > >
> > > 1. RAM size - how about adding up/down arrows (in addition to  
> > > what you
> > > have right now) to increase RAM?
> > Good Idea. How should they id/decrement the value? One by one or
> > doubling the Value?
>
> My suggestion - by 8MB incrememental steps, but allow the user to type
> a number in case someone wants type a specific number.

Why a slider, or arrow? A simple text box is far more simpler,  
quicker. Don't tell me that you'll click on the arrow button to get  
256, when you are at 128!

> > > 2. Instead of Radio buttons in the Floppy/CDROM/Hard drive, I would
> > > suggest to replace it with Check Boxes, so the ones that are not
> > > needed by the user, will be grayed out until the check boxes will be
> > > marked.
> > I look into that. Have You an Idea how we could optimize the  
> > choosing of
> > cd-rom and cd-rom-image.
>
> Sure. A simple pull down menu instead of the ... circle button, where
> you have 2 options:
> * Physical Media
> * Other (ISO) ....
>
> If the user selects Other (ISO) - a sile selection could appear to
> select an ISO and then appears. If the user selects "Physical Media" -
> the device name appear in the selection.

For the button title why "other". Something like "File" or "CD-ROM  
image" sounds better, more explicit.
And why don't we have an intermediate window that allow the user to  
choose a file or a device, or in the selector you specify if you want  
a device or a file. It may simplify the interface.


> > I'd like to keep the Panel as easy as possible, so "normal" Users  
> > won't
> > be destracted by to much options.
> > Probably I'm gonna ad '-localtime', '-smb', and
> > '-user-net'/'-dummy-net', since I activate them by default.
>
> I think Localtime, should also be a checkbox item (in a seperate
> line), and user-net / dummy net should be a radio button selection,
> but all of them should be hidden until the user press the "Advanced.."
> button.

Sounds like a Windows App to me :P No need for Advanced mode, the  
advanced mode sounds scary to me. Keep it simple.
Something like a "Network & File Sharing" section for -smb and -user- 
net. "Time" section for -localtime. If the interface is sufficiently  
explicit and simple no need to hide them, if the names are  
sufficiently user friendly.

This must be discussed a bit, so feel free to reply if you are not  
agree.

BTW, what does Fabrice thinks of having nib files and png in CVS?

Mike, thanks for the work.

Pierre.