RE: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??

Date : Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:52:51 +0000
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : "brad" <brad(at)cg-soup.com>
Subject : RE: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??
How about a preference that toggles between too many preferences and too few. That would show us!

>  And then we'll end up hearing  from the brigade that believes there to be
>  too many preferences already  :-)
>  
>  
>  - ½
>  
>  
>  --------------------
>  FROM: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Guy  Rabiller
>  SENT: Wed 30-Nov-05 03:26
>  TO:  XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  SUBJECT: Re: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4  and 5, user pref??
>  
>  
>  1) Why not add a preference saying "Minimize In Place", so the  PPG would
>  'minimize' without moving.
>  2) And another option, "Double Click  To Minimize", so double clicking on
>  the title bar would 'minimize' the PPG  rather than 'shade' it.
>  3) And another option, "Dont Resize Title Bar", ( and  making it
>  resizable of course ).
>  
>  With these 3 options, we would have  back our behavior.
>  
>  Is this too challenging to be added ?
>  --
>  guy  rabiller | 3d technical director (at) LaMaison
>  
>  
>  kim aldis a écrit  :
>  
>  >Surely, you shouldn't be truncating any of it if you want to know  what
>  it
>  >says? Just make the bar long  enough.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >>-----Original  Message-----
>  >>From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  >>[[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  On  Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
>  >>Sent: 30-November-2005  01:56
>  >>To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  >>Subject: RE: Different PPG  "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??
>  >>
>  >>Part of the  issues we need to address is that when there is
>  >>less space than  necessary to display a long title, it is the
>  >>middle part of the  string that must be truncated rather than
>  >>the begining or, as in XSI,  the  end.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>-----Original  Message-----
>  >>>From: kim aldis
>  >>>Posted At: Tuesday,  November 29, 2005 5:04 PM Posted To: xsi
>  >>>Conversation: Different  PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5,  user
>  >>>pref??
>  >>>Subject: RE: Different PPG "rollup"  behaviour XSI 4 and  5,
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>user  pref??
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>The old ones  were resizeable. There's no guarantee you're going to
>  >>>know just  how long property names  are.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>>-----Original  Message-----
>  >>>>From:  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  >>>>[[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On  Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
>  >>>>Sent: 29-November-2005  18:41
>  >>>>To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  >>>>Subject: RE:  Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and  5,
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>user  pref??
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>>Titles  not being readable on minimized property pages (and
>  >>>>views) is  definitely a serious issue we need to address; we will
>  >>>>also  remove the recycles,lock, follow buttons  on
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>minimized  ppgs and
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>>perhaps  make the minimized title bars wider.   The
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>previous  behaviour
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>>certainly  wasn't useless, but different people from  different
>  >>>>backgrounds have different reactions to  it.
>  >>>>
>  >>>>------------------
>  >>>>Luc-Eric  Rousseau
>  >>>>Team Leader, User  Interface
>  >>>>Softimage|XSI
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
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>  >>
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