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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Missing Home Button in KFD
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-07-22 17:00:15
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On Monday 22 July 2002 18:19, Matthias Elter wrote:
> On Monday 22 July 2002 18:18, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> > On Monday 22 July 2002 17:28, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > > > > Maybe you make it so that the home-button hides when the sidebar is
> > > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Auto changing GUIs are never a good idea...
> > >
> > > It's not Auto. It's an action on "hide sidebar". I wanted to suggest
> > > the same
> >
> > Well, every change is a result of something, so according to this,
> > nothing is automatic.
>
> The question is if "something" is a direct user action or some kind of
> automatic or delayed action, like a timer event.

Hi Matthias. that question is a technical explanation of the concept of 
automatic. While it is automatic in the programmers sense, I don't think it 
fits the thought pattern a user will have. A user will anticipate what 
happens when he does an action. If things happen which he will not directly 
associate with the action it is perceived as automatic.

Or in other words; Pressing a button makes an action work. If next to that 
action something else is done, that means it is done automaticly.

Pressing 'empty trash' makes the trashcan automatically change icon. (which is 
good :)

When you enter konqueror and have the intro screen the 'extra' toolbar is 
filled with all plugins. If you go to a directory the toolbar removes kpart 
only icons. This makes the GUI reorder itself; this is bad!

See what I mean?

-- 
Thomas Zander                                           zander@planescape.com
                                                 We are what we pretend to be
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