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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Draft #2: KDE about dialog box
From:       Mark Roberts <maroberts () dial ! pipex ! com>
Date:       1999-08-25 11:48:20
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Very minor problem: "whishes" should be spelt "wishes"

I agree with Arvid on the use of boldface on the last dialog.


Espen Sand wrote:
> 
> No problem, I was just playing with the rich text facilities :-) I have no
> strong opinion on this myself, I will let the majority decide.
> 
> There is no single license so I would have to list them all I guess.
> That may be a bit too much. I think that this something for the general help
> system to display. BTW the "Help" button is supposed to open the front
> page of the Help system.
> 
> On ons, 25 aug 1999, Arvid Nilsson wrote:
> >Hi there Espen!
> >
> >I quite strongly disagree with your use of boldface text in the words 'the
> >user', 'you' and 'you decide'. Sprinkling the text with bold words doesn't look
> >very professional. This is all my opinion of course, and I haven't got any
> >formal education in layout, but rather it's what my gut feeling tells me. I
> >would prefer to have plain text all the way through. The words 'K Desktop
> >Environment' on the first tab could be bold as they are now. But have you tried
> >italics? Boldface should really only be used for headings, imo.
> >
> >Otherwise, the dialogs are looking neat. Is there a reason why the license of
> >KDE isn't mentioned even by name? Is it because the license decided on a
> >per-application basis, and this dialog will be available in all apps? What
> >about the license for the basic kde stuff like the libs and ui?
> 
> --
> Espen Sand

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