[pygtk] XPN nitpicking

[Danny Milosavljevic]

Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 12.03.2006, 09:55 +0100 schrieb Nemesis:
> XPN (X Python Newsreader) is a multi-platform newsreader with Unicode
> support. It is written with Python+GTK. It has features like
> scoring/actions, X-Face and Face decoding, muting of quoted text,
> newsrc import/export, find article and search in the body, spoiler
> char/rot13, random taglines and configurable attribution lines.

Very nice :)

Let me nitpick for a bit though:
- This layout is missing:
  [groups]
  [threads]
  [message]

  I have a small screen so having every part span the whole line is best

- This layout is missing:
  [groups]
  [threads]  [message]

  It's arguable if that would be useful or not :)

(and dont do the number labels in the display settings - just use
h/vboxes with frames and the actual text in - or does that take too much
space? probably)

- There are several things that are out of fashion on Gnome, at least.
For example "Yes"/"No" buttons. Better use (for the first dialog)
"Configure" and "Quit" (or "Cancel"? - not sure what "No" does - didn't
try because I didnt want to break it - if I said "No" once, who knows if
it were to ask me again later...)

- I must get used to have to double-click on something that neither
opens a new window/app as a reaction nor destroys the current window's
content (eg in the group treeview) - why not just react on selection
change? Or will "opening" a group also cause destructive stuff to run -
i.e. expiration - ? If so, double clicking is ok...

- In the preferences, "Groups properties", the purge options dont have
labels that tell the unit (i.e. "days" (?))

- What's the funny Status Number in the leftmost column of the threads
view? "6"? What? :) Oh, playing for a few minutes I *think* it's the
number of unread posts in the thread...  

- There is something called GtkExpander that does what your "Hide
Headers" button does, automatically. Not saying that you should use it,
just making sure you know...

- Reading a message also needs me to double click in the threads view...
I think that actions that are non-destructive and non-long-running can
also be done just fine with one click :)

- The default message font is too small - best default to what
GtkSettings property "gtk-font-name" says 

Hope that helps :)

cheers,
  Danny