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No version info in window title
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:50 am
by helmut
Currently one can see the version info in the window title of XnView.
I suggest to remove the version info for the following reasons:
- When minimized to the taskbar there is little space and the title is truncated. Here, it's more important to see the file currently opened than the version number
- Version number in title bar is non-standard
If really needed, the version number can be seen in menu "? > Info".
Please note that I ask for removing the version number in the final version, only. For test version (alpha, beta, and release candidates) displaying the version number in the window title is very important and a must.
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:30 am
by XnTriq
All happy !
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:58 am
by Clo
XnTriq
Hello !
… I checked and not a single app of more than 50 we use on our network shows the version number in the title bar.
• So, they don't use Total Commander, since it shows the
version number and even the
user's name
(the one stated in the licence) or <
Unregistered> instead !
- A pretty bone of contention too
• I ought admit that this doesn't bore me a lot, I've several versions of the TC and of XnView installed,
so it's rather useful for me.
• To make everybody happy, what about extra INI entries like :
A.
TitleBarShows = Flag
0 : Only the name of the programme
1 : The name of the programme +
version
2 : The short name+path of the current file
3 : The full name+path of the current file
4 : Custom caption
• Possible allowed sums would be :
1+2
1+3
1+4
--------------------------------
B.
TitleBarCaption = Text
- Limited up to
n…characters.
KR
Claude
Clo
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:18 pm
by helmut
Good that you have found this link, XnTriq. I fully agree with what libtest has written.
@Clo: I don't think that a setting is needed. A setting might be helpful for few power users / testers who have many versions installed, but 99.9% of the users won't need this setting.
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:58 pm
by ouistiti
I guess that INI entries would be useful, not only for some users,
but also for Pierre when he releases ß-versions,
just a flag to change instead of modify the codes each time.
Friendly
Paul
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:28 pm
by helmut
ouistiti wrote:I guess that INI entries would be useful, not only for some users,
but also for Pierre when he releases ß-versions,
just a flag to change instead of modify the codes each time.
I think it's important that test versions of XnView are hard-branded, that means that the
version branding cannot be removed. When using .ini files it could be changed too easily, not just by the XnView author.
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:16 am
by Dreamer
I agree with Helmut.
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:39 pm
by xnview
helmut wrote:
Good that you have found this link, XnTriq. I fully agree with what libtest has written.
It's an error,
version number should not be here!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:55 am
by harrisc
When I installed v 1.90.2 the title bar shows 1.90.1!
Chris
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:24 pm
by helmut
harrisc wrote:When I installed v 1.90.2 the title bar shows 1.90.1!Chris
I think the
version info is correct, it's more likely that you have a wrong package or the wrong
version is included in the package. Which package did you download and where did you download it?
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:11 pm
by harrisc
I downloaded the English program on 9 Fbeurary via the Xnview site. I did this on 2 separate computers. I can not remember where was request was directed.
I have now downlaoded the real 1.90.2! All OK
Chris
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:46 pm
by helmut
harrisc wrote:I have now downlaoded the real 1.90.2! All OK
Good to read.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:01 pm
by helmut
In XnView 1.93 final, the
version number in the window
title is back.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:08 am
by ckit
I think Clo's original idea should be considered to fix this for future versions.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:22 pm
by helmut
ckit wrote:I think Clo's original idea should be considered to fix this for future versions.
No, see reasons above. But Pierre should check and improve his release process to avoid such problems.
