Bug#293137: gnome-dictionary: enhance usability of dictionary
selection list
Andreas Neudecker
Andreas Neudecker <zapyon@gmx.net>, 293137@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:54:18 +0100
Package: gnome-utils
Version: 2.8.1-1
Severity: wishlist
The settings dialogue has a drop down list of selections where you
can select either one or all databases.
I suggest an alternative presentation for the dictionaries:
1. This is an enduser program. The dictionaries should be called
dictionaries, not databases (in the German UI: Datenbank).
2. Instead of a drop down list there should be a list field where
either one, several or all dictionaries can be selected for enclusion
in searches.
3. and probably most important: with a dictionary tool that is capable
of searching several dictionaries it is best to have the list of
available dictionaries included in the main window (e.g. as an area
on the left side, similar to what you find in modern GUI webbrowsers.
There dictionaries could be selected on a case-by-case basis.
Kind regards
Andreas
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-386
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages gnome-utils depends on:
ii e2fslibs 1.35-6 The EXT2 filesystem libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.0-4 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.8.0-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.1-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.8-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.8.1-2 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.8.0-6 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.8.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.8.0-3 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.8.3-8 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.14-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.8.2-1 Library for GNOME 2 Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.6.0-3 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.7-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libxml2 2.6.11-5 GNOME XML library
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-9.1 A free electronic cataloging syste
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime
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