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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [Patch] #29984 Change file permission using octal numbers
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-16 19:52:37
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On Friday 16 May 2003 18:14, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>  o It's poor UI design in that it connects one widget (The line edit) with
> a set of other widgets with no visible corelation. sure, changing values of
> one set of widgets affects the value of another, but since this is done by
> an internal mathematical transformation, it doesn't provide a stronger
> linkage.
>
>  o It doesn't provide any new information or even a substantially better
> way to access the information that is there. Since it *mirrors*
> information, rather than presents unique information, the odds are high
> that it will be confusing for some, innexplicable for others, a novelty for
> others and useful for remarkably few.

I don't think it is that bad, it's comparable to the color dialog where you 
have a line-edit for "#552066" colors.

Cheers,
Waldo
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