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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Control Center/ "File Manager"
From:       Charles <charles () altair ! dhs ! org>
Date:       2000-02-29 0:08:15
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, David Faure wrote:
> > In the File Manager section of the Kontrol Center, there's 
> > the option to "Open Directories in separate windows."  And, it's
> appropriate image.
> > 
> > Am I the only one that thinks that image is a bit--- cheezy?  
> > Windows has that same "feature" and it's not any more useful in there :)
> 
> I suppose the image is there to make it easier to understand...
> But I'm not convinced it's necessary, either.
It's with good intentions, but IMHO, it could be better done.

> 
> > I think that if you want to have such a thumbnail, it should 
> > be a huge one
> > spanning the top half of that entire box, and that all (or 
> > most) the controls
> > should have some sort of effect on it.
> 
> But that would mean N*M*P versions of the image,
> if there are 3 options with each respectively N/M/P possibilities...
> And tell me how you show the difference between single click
> and double click on a non-animated image... :)
Automagically generated, perhaps.  'tis why we have KImageEffect :)

> 
> > Or maybe I would just be content with getting rid of that 
> > image completely.
> > 
> > Please comment.
> 
> If you care for your life, don't touch it until you've got
> Preston's opinion on this. He added it.
Noted :)

> 
> :-)
> 
> David.
--
A shaft (an SI unit) is a measure of suckiness.  A single shaft is how
much a certain company in Redmond, Washington sucks.  A shaft is
an extremely large unit, hence, microshafts are much more useful.

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