[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Changing mime type in journal details view.

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Certainly is better.

But I need ask, how is supposed the user can know the right mime type
he/she would select?

Gonzalo


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez <nachoel01 at gmail.com>wrote:

> For design I like it (my idea):
>
> [image: Imágenes integradas 1]
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> [image: Imágenes integradas 2]
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> (Need to be tested  in Sugar)
>
> Code <http://sugarlabs.org/~ignacio/Archivos/Combobox.py>
>
>
> Saludos.
> Ignacio Rodríguez
>
>
> 2013/11/26 Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
>
>> I insist. If we need a mechanism to change the mime type, maybe is better
>> create a activity to do it.
>> Expose all that options in the detail view in the Journal is not a good
>> idea for me.
>>
>> Gonzalo
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:04 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>> The second screenshot shows no apparent ordering for the entries in
>>> the Gtk.ComboBox.  Perhaps it should be sorted.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:45:48PM -0200, Christofer Roibal wrote:
>>> > Imágenes integradas 1Imágenes integradas 2
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2013/11/25 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
>>> >
>>> >     I'm fine with the change by Christofer.
>>> >
>>> >     While it is possible for a learner to change the mime type to
>>> >     something that cannot be managed by an activity, the risk is low,
>>> >     because detail view requires deliberate action to obtain, and the
>>> mime
>>> >     type can always be changed back.
>>> >
>>> >     If the risk is found to be high, then a warning can be added, or an
>>> >     entry at the top of the Gtk.ComboBox called "automatic" which uses
>>> the
>>> >     mime.get_for_file method.
>>> >
>>> >     Going one step further, Sugar could store the original mime type
>>> and
>>> >     offer that as "original".
>>> >
>>> >     On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:16:21PM -0300, Martin Abente Lahaye
>>> wrote:
>>> >     > Hello Everyone,
>>> >     >
>>> >     > Christofer Roibal, has submitted a patch [1] for changing the
>>> mime type
>>> >     of
>>> >     > journal entries in the details view. This idea comes from a GCI
>>> task [2]
>>> >     which
>>> >     > he has completed.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > What he did is replacing the Gtk.Label, that shows the mime
>>> type, for a
>>> >     > Gtk.ComboBox. The combo is set to the corresponding option when
>>> the entry
>>> >     > metadata contains a mime type, otherwise is set to a empty/blank
>>> option.
>>> >     The
>>> >     > combo can be used to select another mime type for that entry.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > Please share your thoughts about this change, from the
>>> functional and
>>> >     design
>>> >     > POVs. We need to decide whether we include it or not.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > Thanks for your time.
>>> >     > Saludos,
>>> >     > tch.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > Refs:
>>> >     > 1. https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/148
>>> >     > 2. http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/
>>> >     4601998938734592
>>> >     >
>>> >     >
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >     --
>>> >     James Cameron
>>> >     http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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