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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Menu proposal: Play, create, communicate
From:       Martijn Klingens <mklingens () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-01-22 21:45:32
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On Tuesday 22 January 2002 21:22, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 January 2002 06:11 am, David Faure wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 January 2002 15:03, Claes Holmerson wrote:
> > > Just to view the menu-organization-discussion from another angle:
> > > Perhaps the menu entries (at least on the top level) should not focus
> > > on what kind of programs you will find under them, but what you can DO
> > > with these programs. Something like this:
> > >
> > > Play: Programs for amusement and entertainment, non-serious stuff.
> > > Games are the best example, but also players for music and video, and
> > > graphics viewers.
> >
> > In French, the word for "Play a game" and "Play a sound" is a different
> > one.... Your proposal won't work (unless there's a way to give a
> > different architecture depending on the language, which isn't possible
> > currently).
>
> I think he means "Play" as in "Fun".

Probably.

Switching to a task-based approach sounds a bit strange for experienced 
users, but it is exactly what Microsoft is doing now in XP. And whatever I 
heard or read about XP, some people like it and some people don't, but 
everyone seems to agree that (A) the task-based approach is extremely good 
for novice users and - more surprising - (B) the task-based approach takes a 
short while for experienced users to get comfortable with, but also appears 
to work extremely well, even for experienced people!

So, although it might sound controversial to long-time users, I am all for it 
- when done right it works.

Martijn
 
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