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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] "Show only important text" mode for toolbars
From:       Matt Rogers <matt () matt ! rogers ! name>
Date:       2004-09-22 14:04:37
Message-ID: 20040922140437.GA4681 () server
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uOn Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:50:48AM -0400, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
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> On Tuesday 21 September 2004 11:43 pm, Frans Englich wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 September 2004 02:20, Peter Rockai (mornfall) wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I spoke with Aaron yesterday on IRC about toolbar plans for 3.4 and I
> > > asked what about the text-alongside-icons mode and overly long texts. He
> > > suggested adding a flag like textImportant to the actions and a checkbox
> > > (and toolbar context menu item) to show/hide "unimportant" texts.
> >
> > I'm a big fan of simplicity. 
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> I just want to jump in a put my vote against this.  It is a solution looking 
> for a problem.  It only increases the complexity of the software, annoying 
> developers and users.
> 

And it does this how exactly? If you're gonna say it does something, 
you'd better be able to back it up.

my .02 cents,
Matt
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