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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: Preview and Interaction
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-10-14 1:21:31
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Boris Povazay wrote:
> The following features could really enhance KDE:
> 
> 1) hidden window translucence
> 2) preview the action
> 3) show what happens
>    ---
> ad1) When a window is hidden behind others and the mouspointer is
> hovering
> above its icon the frame and the titlebar could be shown to give the
> user a preview of what's going to change when it's clicked.
> 
> I personally think it is good to have such kind of preview to let the
> user know what will be done before IT IS DONE. This prevents us from
> doing and undoing several things like that!
> 
> The overall interaction with the KDEnviroment could be improved.
> 
> ad2) A bubblehelp like a transparent message of what may be expected
> when the moousebutton is clicked at that position. With increasing info
> level in dependence of the time spent waiting above the region (This
> would be very helpful for beginners AND professionals).
> 
> ad3) Actions should give an immediate answer to the user. For example
> when a program, i.e. kmail is clicked at and started the text: "kmail
> started" should pop up next to the mousepointer and fade out slowly. (in
> fact it would be a small list of the past actions) It could also be
> possible to leave the message at the region where the action was done.

I do not know how hard it is to do, but the last point ad3) is similar to what
I thought could be a possible solution for a feedback when apps are started. 
There was a long discussion a while back about this topic a while back.  What
people did not want to do was what Windows does, which is attempt to give
feedback through changing the cursor.  But I have several questions regarding
this.  Can this work when non-kde apps are launched as well ?  How about when
the user clicks on multiple apps at the same time ?

Regards,
Dawit A.

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