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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: RE: indicator in menubar
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-04 13:03:45
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On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 01:58:49PM +0100, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > If the icon is going to be that small, what about following
> > Waldo's idea ? -> it's an indicator, it should be in the statusbar.
> 
> Well sure it is an indicator. So why didn't Netscape and Microsoft 
> put it into the statusbar? 
> 
> Well the answer might be: marketing / PR
> 
> Most of the time the Netscape-symbol doesn't work as an indicator
> but as an advertisement-banner. The message transported by this
> little icon is: "You are using Netscape right now -- 
> be proud of it :-)"

Agreed.

> So of course they placed that "indicator" up 
> at the right top quite near tho the area where the user will look 
> most of the time (To search for menus, toolbar). It's meant to be 
> an eye-catcher and you don't place eyecatchers at the bottom 
> where nobody will see it.
> 
> To make the whole thing more consistent Netscape added a 
> rectangular "busy-cursor" that moves left and right in the 
> statusbar.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea to leave it in the menubar
> for this reason. People should know that they are using Konqueror.

Do you volunteer to make an animated Konqi for konqueror ? ;-)))

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