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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Alternate K-Menu designs
From:       Luke-Jr <luke-jr () utopios ! org>
Date:       2004-12-20 7:01:39
Message-ID: 200412200701.45091.luke-jr () utopios ! org
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On Monday 20 December 2004 6:43 am, Oliver Stieber wrote:
> You should at least popup a default if the user
> loiters over the menu bar. 
> 
Not sure what default you want to popup or what menu-bar the user can loiter 
over...

> I also found the menus a little deep, try not to go
> deeper than 2 before showing the results to the user.
> 
I was thinking about combining the Actions to be a result of its own, 
actually. It stands out a bit since the others *are* all 2 levels deep.

> Personally I'd prefer dynamic menus that presented me
> with the options I'm most lightly to choose next.
> 
I have only been working with designs that would manipulate the display of the 
existing K-Menu, not modify how the internal workings are. So far, at 
least...

> I'm putting together a usability test suit at the
> moment, to try and identify learning curves and
> usability performance by asking the user to perform a
> task and timing all of the elements involved in the
> task. I'll give your menu style a spin and see how it
> goes.

I'd be interested in the results of such testing (and the software used for 
it, of course). If you want to add yet more menu designs, I've made the 
images directory index-viewable, so there's two other designs (and variants 
of them) in:
 http://utopios.org/dev/projects/kde/menu/images/

>
>  --- Luke-Jr <luke-jr@utopios.org> wrote:
> > I've been pondering alternate designs for the
> > K-Menu, and I recently put
> > together a UI-demo of one model (CSS/XHTML;
> > Konqueror-only).
> > I'd appreciate any comments on usablitiy and
> > possible improvements.
>
> http://utopios.org/dev/projects/kde/menu/images/tree/example.html
>
> > Note: There's a minor bug that prevents menu items
> > on the left from opening
> > once the one to the right of it has been opened, but
> > I'm not sure how to fix
> > it. Suggestions on CSS are welcome, too. ;)
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Luke-Jr
> > Developer, Utopios
> > http://utopios.org/
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Luke-Jr
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