Re: GUI without X11 / Artist Help

[jesse]

>
> On Feb 8, 2005, at 1:57 AM, Jesse Ross wrote:
>> Also, I'd be interested in helping the project out graphically -- I
>> know that Jasper is already working on the icons, but I did a few
>> comps of the required icons to show you the quality and style of my
>> work (Keep in mind, these were done over two days, so the smaller
>> icons aren't fully cleaned up yet).
>> http://www.jesseross.com/clients/icons/
>
> I really like the concept you have there of having the folders show
> approximately how many documents are in them by their size.  It
> leverages the prevailing metaphor in a completely intuitive way to add
> really useful information to the interface.
>
> But this needs software support.  How hard would it be to add to
> GWorkspace?  I guess it would require some extra directory scanning,
> which might be annoying if done in the foreground...

Yeah -- I wasn't sure exactly how this would be done. It just seemed like
a feature no file manager has implemented that would really improve
user-experience. Perhaps the maintainer of GWorkspace could give some
insight into the viability of incorporating this feature or something
similar.

J.