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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: QuickPrint implementation (RFC)
From:       "Chris January" <chrisjanuary () bigfoot ! com>
Date:       2001-03-31 16:19:05
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> > Personally, I don't like those "quickprint" buttons neither, exactly for
the same reasons
> > as you, but somebody requested it. And if a lot of people wants it, then
I think it should
> > be implemented. I don't think it's too much work, but of course,
applications have to
> > use it, otherwise it's useless.
>
> Yes but those who don't like it, although not being forced to use it (of
course),
> will have it in the toolbar, and will hit it by mistake.
>
> IMHO this is stupid copying of Microsoft's errors. A "Print" toolbar
button is
> very useful, with a dialog that sets itself up from the last time, so it
only takes
> one OK click to confirm it.
> But an unconfirmed waste of paper due to quick clicking is always bad.

I initially thought the "quickprint" button was a good idea when this thread
started. Yet even as I write I have a sheet of wasted paper in my printer's
output tray because I clicked the "Print" button by mistake in Internet
Explorer...
Yes, a button that pops up the normal print dialog with the default options
set up is a good idea. A button that prints automatically and is far to easy
to hit by mistake is, IMHO, not :)


 
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