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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: replacing kcontrol with system settings
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-06-15 16:03:30
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0706150903x786e4c2are3f4f0f43989709a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 6/15/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> 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 top
> between
> the overview button and the search label?


To add to this, maybe these icons can be based on a smarter idea than the
distinction between normal and advanced - something like usersettings and
systemsettings?

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> Aaron J. Seigo
> humru othro a kohnu se
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>
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>
>

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Aaron \
J. Seigo</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Friday 15 June 2007, \
Ellen Reitmayr wrote:<br>&gt; i agree that it is better to include advanced options \
into the context of<br>&gt; use (that would be an advanced icon within a group on the \
first tab rather<br>&gt; than a separate advanced tab), but in this case, most the \
options on the <br>&gt; second tab don&#39;t fit well in any of the groups of the \
first tab. plus we<br><br>rather than using tabs (which are ugly and take up more \
vertical space, which<br>is more in demand than horizontal these days), what do you \
think about <br>putting an icon that lets one switch to these other panels at the top \
between<br>the overview button and the search label?</blockquote><div><br>To add to \
this, maybe these icons can be based on a smarter idea than the distinction between \
normal and advanced - something like usersettings and systemsettings? \
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">--<br>Aaron J. \
Seigo<br>humru othro a kohnu se<br>GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 \
B1EA&nbsp;&nbsp;EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 <br><br>Full time KDE developer sponsored by \
Trolltech (<a href="http://www.trolltech.com">http://www.trolltech.com</a>)<br><br></blockquote></div><br>




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