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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KPersonalizer - Mom test
From:       Allan Sandfeld Jensen <snowwolf () one2one-networks ! com>
Date:       2002-01-31 8:45:32
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On Wednesday 30 January 2002 21:39, Corrin Lakeland wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 07:47, Nick Betcher wrote:
> >> [What was your last OS: MacOS, Windows or UNIX]
> >
> > I like this idea. Very friendly, and doesn't scare away total newbies.
>
> I like this idea too. Incidentially, you might want to assume unix means
> gnome.
>
> I saw a newbie running kpersonaliser yesterday and came across another
> couple UI flaws:
>
> 1: They expected to see other languages in the 'other' field:  "What if I
> wanted to use German?"
>
> 2: They had no idea what to choose for the speed setting.  This page looked
> pretty intuitive to me but they're on a P90 and after reading the page they
> left it on the default.  Perhaps we could get the BogoMips or similar to
> set the default so someone on a P4 2000 had a default of everything on
> while someone on an old pentium had a default of everything off?
>
I dont like this, even if the machine is faster some of the options still 
slows the user down (animated combo-boxes/menus). Also text-preview and large 
icons are just horrible from an aesthetic point of view.

-Allan
 
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