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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [announce] KDE control center module for joysticks
From:       Martin Koller <m.koller () surfeu ! at>
Date:       2003-12-31 11:08:10
Message-ID: 200312311208.10993.m.koller () surfeu ! at
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On Wednesday 31 December 2003 01:58, Ralf Nolden wrote:
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> Hmm screenshot looks nice but don't you think that square LED's on the
> widget for the button states would give you a better overview as a User
> which buttons work and which are broken ? I mean, that's the sense of such
> a configuration module :) and we should make it as easy as possible
> usability wise.

As joysticks nowadays can have _many_ buttons (didn't know that there are 
joysticks with at least 10 or more buttons until I wanted to buy one for my 
daughther), so I think a numbered list is a good choice for this.

> I don't think that the microsoft ones are the best one can 
> make such a module but in that respect I found them to be very easy to use
> at least.

I checked this dialog on my old Win95 installation - I must say it's awful!
I need at least 2 clicks to open the second tab in a new dialog to see if my 
joystick buttons work :-(( OK, as you said, they are not the ones we should 
use as a good example.

> Oh, and a calibration for the thingy is surely a good idea. You 
> may want to have a look at how Qtopia/OPIE is calibrating touchscreens (and
> re-use that widget) - which could be a good start for a kcm module anyway
> for tablet pc's as well.

OK, will have a look into that widget.

- -- 
Best regards/Schöne Grüße

Martin
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