Proposal for Save As.../Open dialog

Christian Stimming stimming at tuhh.de
Fri Dec 11 14:51:39 EST 2009


Am Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2009 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> See
> http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/images/SaveAsXml.jpg
> http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/images/SaveAsPostgres.jpg
> http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/images/OpenFile.jpg
> http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/images/OpenPostgres.jpg
> 
> 
> These are 4 screenshots of a reworked File Access dialog.
> 
> What changed:
> * The dialog gets a proper title
> * If the selected backend is a file backend, the Database Frame is hidden
> * And the other way around as well.
> * Set a minimum width. Without it the dialog comes up too narrow.
> * Some minor layout changes (spacing, justification,...) to harmonize with
>   other GnuCash dialogs.
> 
> There's a glitch in the SaveAs screenshots (the Save As... button has the
> wrong label), but I have already fixed it.
> 
> Before I check in, I would appreciate some opinions on these changes.
> I myself am not really sure "Storage Format" is a proper term to use.

Looks very nice. Maybe the term "Data Format" would be more user-accessible 
(even though it might not be 100% technically correct, but then, the wording 
is for them, not for us). IMHO you can go ahead and commit.

Regards,

Christian


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