From kde-devel Thu Jan 01 12:40:23 1998 From: "Russ Steffen" Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 12:40:23 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Docking issue: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=88665911615144 On 31-Dec-97, Preston Brown wrote: > Last, the little "docked" icons on the taskbar are considered one of the > WORST features of Win95 (from the viewpoint of a consistent user > interface) by the "User Interface Hall of Shame," a sight our own kde.org > points us to for design tips and inspiration. Well, after reading that section of the UI Hall of Shame, it seems to me that their biggest gripe is that the docked icons are used inconsistantly, and that they always look like static images, not user-interface objects. Those problems are not insurmountable. One thing that they rip on, that KDE has a lot of, are "mouse sensitive" items, like the menubar (in Win95-style), the toolbars, and the buttons in kpanel. Those are regarded as useless features that add no functionality to the UI, and may serve to distract the user. Russ -- ---------------------------------- Russ Steffen rsteffen@ia.net