[ gpsdrive ] size of dashboard boxes

[Hamish]

Hamish:
> > my idea for desktop mode is to move the compass to above the minimap
> > and then make both part of the left-edge panel

Guenther:
> like the compass in car mode? could be possible.

Looks good! thanks.
Minor issue- compass should be left/right centered not left-justified,
and very very minor it seems there are a few more pixels of space above
the dashboard numbers now than below. I would guess to add a few more
below so it wasn't so crowded.
 
> there is one question I wonder for a long time:
> is the minimap really necessary? who uses it?
> my preference would be to remove it completely, or at least
> move it to a separate window...

I like it a lot, but then I am spending a bit of time creating and
managing tiles, and like to know "where I am" in that regard.
If we move to 256x256 tiles obviously it will be less useful except
for debugging purposes.

Please no separate operational windows. Try the "GPSMan" debian package
to understand why... If you like a on/off tickbox in the preferences, ok.
But then you get into the drag & drop icon bar components like in Qt
(I'm thinking of QGIS here).


H:
> > And for PDA mode use XOR'd yellow 40pt text overlay for some dashboard
> > essentials. Maybe add text color to the prefs menu if auto-inversion
> > doesn't look nice.
G:
> especially in pda mode there is the question which and how much widgets
> should be overlayed. on small displays the space is very limited,
> and people still want to see something of the map I guess...

I just mean numbers drawn directly on the canvas, without widget frames.
I'll try and mock up what I mean in GIMP.


Hamish