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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Patch] #48264: added a Today button in kdatepicker
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-08-14 17:05:26
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On Thursday 14 August 2003 10:45, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:31, Martin Koller wrote:
> >> http://members.aon.at/m.koller/kdatepicker.png
> >
> > on challenge is that the items on the bottom are informational while the
> > arrows at the top are navigational...
>
> Nope, the items on the bottom are also navigational. You can enter a date,
> press return  and the selection will jump there. Or you can click on "Week
> 33", enter a week number, and the selection will jump to that week of the
> year.

sorry, i should've been more verbose (imagine *me* saying that ;): the items 
at the top are quite obviously navigational (visually), while the items at 
the bottom are not nearly so (i've tested this on users). the Week # button, 
for example, shows a button on hover-over, but there's little indication what 
clicking it means... most don't even get to the "hover over it" stage. it 
seems many/most users use the nav at the top and disregard the nav at the 
bottom because of the difference in obviousness of purpose.

in that light, putting "Today" down below will be less than effective and even 
"look" out of place (unless the user understands the fact that the bottom is 
actually usable as navigation)

> > "Today" looks like a label, not
> > navigation, and that's only reinforced by the other two textual areas
> > down there.
>
> Then how about adding an arror after "Today"? Or some other visual mockup
> that indicates a jump to today (sorry, I'm no artist)?

yes, making the lower navigation more obvious as to its purpose would be a 
good option.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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