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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Settings vs. View
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-08-01 20:13:05
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Sorry, but to change something throughout the whole of KDE you might 
better try replying again tomorrow, when you cooled down, and come up 
with better arguments then this. Otherwise people will not take you 
seriously.
Never mind that the implications you make are rather discriminating to
some people..


On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 09:55:13PM +0200, Lenny wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 August 2001 21:07, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > The View menu is for changing the way a user views the document. This
> > mostly includes things like 'show fancy headers' (KMail), 'week view'
> 
> Which is totally and obviously different from Settings->Configure 
> Kmail->Appearance.
<snip>
> That's interesting, i know users who don't know the difference between 
> Windows and Ms-Office and you ask KDE-users to distinguish things which 
> happen in the same program-window. 
<snip>
> Sorry, if there is an aspect of a gui, which "isnt immediately obvious" to a 
> user, then it's simply wrong.
<snip>
> Ah, the user don't understand it, the developers don't understand or like it, 
<snip>
> You could put the most used ones at the top.
<snip>
> Great designs come from people who give a damn on the implementation.
<snip>

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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