Re: PPD Configuration
"Michael Pfeiffer" <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:06:25 +0200
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------=_Part_82730_22399501.1216872385207 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 2008/7/23, julun <[email protected]>: > > Hi Michael, > > Contrary to PS printer driver from R5 the Printer Settings (the most right >> part only!) are not presented in a master - details view. I like it as it is >> done here in the screenshot, are there any objections to that, if it is done >> like that in our printer driver? >> > > i don't know how extensive such Printer Settings might become, but i would > vote for a common subset and hide all advanced stuff from the user. If we > choose a good default, the average user will be happy and the advance will > be able to tweak the best out of it. So I'm quite in favor of how it was > done on R5. Still unsure if your question was meant like this :) > I was talking about the PPD settings only (in Zeta these seem to be under "Advanced" tab) and whether these should be presented like in Be (or Zeta) or like I did in the prototype. ------=_Part_82730_22399501.1216872385207 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/7/23, julun <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> Hi Michael,<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> Contrary to PS printer driver from R5 the Printer Settings (the most right part only!) are not presented in a master - details view. I like it as it is done here in the screenshot, are there any objections to that, if it is done like that in our printer driver?<br> </blockquote><br> i don't know how extensive such Printer Settings might become, but i would vote for a common subset and hide all advanced stuff from the user. If we choose a good default, the average user will be happy and the advance will be able to tweak the best out of it. So I'm quite in favor of how it was done on R5. Still unsure if your question was meant like this :)<br> </blockquote></div><br>I was talking about the PPD settings only (in Zeta these seem to be under "Advanced" tab) and whether these should be presented like in Be (or Zeta) or like I did in the prototype.<br> ------=_Part_82730_22399501.1216872385207--