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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: New UI for Pixie (I give up ;-)
From:       Matthias Elter <elter () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2001-05-16 12:04:08
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:15:47AM -0500, mosfet wrote:
> Okay, well people keep on complaining about Pixie's UI because it defaults to 
> the traditional XV/Display type user interface. Even tho a KView-type 
> interface is available, people don't care and the majority seems to want an 
> ACDSee-type interface. I never used ACDSee, haven't used Windows extensively 
> for years as a matter of fact (which explains why I prefer traditional Unix 
> user interfaces for image viewers ;), but going from screenshots I think it's 
> pretty similar. 
> 
> Everything is a dock window, so you can drag them around or make the image a 
> toplevel window (which will then shrink to fit the desktop size if needed), 
> so the old (better :P) behavior can be emulated. BTW, KDockWindow kicks ass 
> :) I was stupid for not using it in the thumbnail viewer in the first place.
> 
> I just started this today, so nothing really works yet, but here's what the 
> default will somewhat look like. I know the icons suck and don't match, I 
> just hacked them up to have large ones.
> 
> http://www.mosfet.org/pixie-newui.jpg

Welcome to the 21th century. Thanks!

Matthias

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