GUI ideas

[humdingerb]

• Instead of width and height in two rows, put it in one: Size: [_______] x [_______]

• Beneath the "Size" row, add what's now in the "Coordinates window" into a BSeparatorView with the title "Coordinates". First row with the label "Mouse:", second with "Selection:". Could use a grey colour and smaller font.

• Remove the About button, make the Apply botton use the full width, move Reset and Undo above the Apply button.

• Add an "Action:" label in front of the pop-up menu.

• Not sure how the "Smooth scaling" will work in the end, but I imagine it best as checkbox.

• Use "The Awesome Resizer" as window label instead of "Options". Use the original image name (or "Untitles" or "Drop image") as window title for the dropzone-window.

[humdingerb]

On second thought... The coordinates stuff may be better put into a status bar on the bottom of the opened image window. That would separate the mere info from the editable parameters of the TAResizer window. It'd also make a full size resize-corner of the image window possible.

[janus2]

I do not like the idea of the title, the filename is in the TextControl field. I think it would be misleading and I prefer to have the window only with the image without a status bar.

Not sure how the "Smooth scaling" will work in the end

Have you tried the experimental version? What do you think?

[janus2]

Remove the About button

How do we show the AboutWindow?

[janus2]

The label "Action:" looks weird to me.

[humdingerb]

Have you tried the experimental version? What do you think?

I first didn't quite get it... now I do, I think: first down-size an image, then click "Smooth scaling" to see the filtered image. Doesn't work for up-sizing, right?

And once down-sized and smoothed, up-sizing again shows the image "blocky". This migt be a nice effect, but IMO that would be better done as a new "action". I still think a checkmark for the smoothing would be better, which would apply the filtering at the end of resizing (on mouse-up). Resizing should always be done with the original image data, i.e. up-sizing a formerly down-sized image won't lose quality.

How do we show the AboutWindow?

We don't. :) Maybe rather add a widget (button?) to open a helpfile. About windows don't offer much IMO.

[janus2]

If you use the experimental branch the scaling works as you expected...

[janus2]

Maybe rather add a widget (button?) to open a helpfile. About windows don't offer much IMO.

I agree but they are adding the about window everywhere...

[humdingerb]

I'm not against About windows in general. If there's a menu bar, putting it there is good. But TAResizer tries for a minimal GUI. Adding a menu bar for a Help and an About item isn't sexy...

More on scaling at PR #2