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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: EEK- kmix master volume control popup gone!
From:       Ralf Nolden <nolden () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-27 19:40:42
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On Montag, 27. August 2001 21:00, Lubos Lunak wrote:

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> > him, uhhm, you should go to the next computer shop (which is still a
> > couple of miles away from where he lives) and buy a three-button mouse.
> > There's many users who are confident with a (Microsoft) two-button mouse
> > and it is very unlikely you get them to invest into a three-button mouse
> > just to use the mixer :))
>
>  Hmm. How about using the KMix applet in Kicker, which is IMHO even better
> than docked KMix ( with only the master volume column visible, all other
> hidden ) ?
I think that is the worst option :) because it uses to take up more space, is 
harder to find and harder to handle. What the average user wants is just 
that: single click on the speaker icon: pop up the master volume control and 
have the option to mute the speakers. Another way to get the full mixer, 
usually on double click. 

For whatever reason one wants to be against emulating MS behavior, I think 
that in *that particular case* they have done a *good* thing. I got my first 
computer 5 years back with Windows95 installed and have never before used a 
personal computer. Ok, I may be one of the more intelligent :)) but however, 
that speaker icon in the tray is *that* intuitive, you just can't beat it. 
And whatever solution one may come up with, it will definetly not be as 
intuitive as that one, besides that it would force the user from a windows 
platform, which are today's converts usually, to re-think completely even 
about simple things. So I repeat myself (have looked at windows again to 
verify that): please, please make the master volume control come up on 
*single* click and the mixer full control on *double* click with the left 
mousebutton. You could add popping up the full control with the middle 
mousebutton still to satisfy Unix users to make use of their middle mouse 
button.

Please. 

Ralf
>
>  Lubos Lunak

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