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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: New QT tear-off menus
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-30 8:39:49
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#if Chad Frick
> "Actually I know quite a _lot_ of people who love the  hide-buttons and
> use them a _lot_. Judging from experience it's bad to turn such
> a useful feature off by default as people won't find out that this
> feature exists and won't know about it at all."
> 
> I'm not advocating that they be turned off, I'd prefer that a user could 
> enable which hide buttons would show, and that the default behaviour would 
> show one hide button on the right end of the kicker, and the 'k' menu at the 
> other end.  While I have never needed the hide buttons (running at 1024x768), 
> I can understand why they are there (having run at 640x480 until I could 
> afford a new monitor).  My personal preference would be that the default 
> layout not take up both screen corners.  On a somewhat related note, if 
> anyone would like to see why I'm so obsessed with corners visit 
> http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html.  This is an 
> excellent page concerning UI design and Fitts' law, hopefully you too will 
> also be sold on the principle laid out on the above referenced page.

Well, I think I only turned off the left button, i.e. the one next to
the K menu, which just gets in the way. There's no reason to remove
the right one, I suppose.

Rik

 
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