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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: While were making controversial suggestions... ;)
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-04-29 0:21:26
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 07:18:08PM -0500, mosfet wrote:
> Err, David - I think you should of read your mail better... This thread
> is about the default KWin style plugin!

Hmm, right :-)
Move my mail to the right thread then ;-)

(The common thing between both was... that thing about Fitt's Law).

Sorry for posting in the wrong thread.

David.

> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 07:02:08PM -0500, mosfet wrote:
> > > Okay, Michael. We are now all aware that you don't believe in fitt's
> > > law.
> > 
> > What an easy way to dismiss a mail full of very valid arguments ! :-}
> > 
> > > Nonetheless many of us do and Kurt's complaint is a valid one.
> > 
> > And I for one foresee the very bad effect such a default would have on KDE.
> > I haven't taken part of the discussion up to now because I have no arguments
> > to advance, like numbers, laws, or anything you can try to find to make your
> > point valid with pseudo-scientific arguments.
> > KDE 1 didn't have mac menubar as default, and IMHO KDE 2 should
> > definitely not have it either.
> > 
> > All the arguments against it are valid IMHO:
> > - not consistent (with other apps, with KDE 1, with what people are most used to, etc.)
> > - today's screens are bigger, and YES distance counts, be it only for the eyes
> >  (I can't look everywhere on the screen at the same time)
> > - the association between the app and its menubar, instead of scattering them
> > to two different locations on the screen
> > - being able to click on an inactive app's menubar
> >  (doing two things at the same time, activating the app and opening the menu).
> > etc.
> > Damn, I said I wouldn't go into giving arguments :).
> > Anyway, I really think this would be a huge mistake.
> > 
> > David.
> > 
> > --
> > David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
> > http://home.clara.net/faure/
> > KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today
> > See http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html for how to set up KDE 2
> 
> -- 
> Daniel M. Duley - Unix developer & sys admin.
> http://www.mosfet.org - The place for KDE development news.
> mosfet@mandrakesoft.com
> mosfet@kde.org

-- 
David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://home.clara.net/faure/
KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today
See http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html for how to set up KDE 2

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