From kde-core-devel  Fri Jun 15 16:45:44 2007
From: Ellen Reitmayr <ellen () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:45:44 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: replacing kcontrol with system settings
Message-Id: <200706151845.49580.ellen () kde ! org>
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On Friday 15 June 2007, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Friday 15 June 2007, Ellen Reitmayr wrote:
> > i agree that it is better to include advanced options into the context =
of
> > use (that would be an advanced icon within a group on the first tab
> > rather than a separate advanced tab), but in this case, most the options
> > on the second tab don't fit well in any of the groups of the first tab.
> > plus we
>
> rather than using tabs (which are ugly and take up more vertical space,
> which is more in demand than horizontal these days), what do you think
> about putting an icon that lets one switch to these other panels at the t=
op
> between the overview button and the search label?

like it used to be (two buttons to switch between general and advanced)? it=
=20
was intended to work like the navigation in the firefox preferences dialog,=
=20
but users were observed to have problems with it. so it was changed to tabs=
=20
in feisty.=20

/el

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Ellen Reitmayr
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org

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