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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Konqueror design proposal
From:       Dave Leigh <dave.leigh () cratchit ! org>
Date:       2002-02-17 15:43:42
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On Sunday 17 February 2002 09:13, Roland Riegel wrote:
> Hi KDE developers,
>
> I compiled the current KDE CVS HEAD branch last night and had a look at the
> Konqueror sidebar:
> http://www.roland-riegel.de/konq/konq.png
>
> I don't like the design of the vertical buttons very much. I am not
> familiar with konqueror's source code, so I used GIMP to make the sidebar
> better looking (for my feeling):
> http://www.roland-riegel.de/konq/konq_prop.png
>
> Could this be somehow realised for KDE 3.0?
>
> Thanks for any comments and/or proposals,
> Roland

Did you label these properly?

The vertical buttons have two purposes:
1. As a control, they select the contents of the treeview, 
2. As an indicator, the display the category of the currently displayed 
contents.

http://www.roland-riegel.de/konq/konq.png is much better in every regard, 
IMHO. It's cleaner, _clearly_ associates the button with the content, and has 
that lovely drop-shadow effect that makes it instantly clear which icon is 
selected.

http://www.roland-riegel.de/konq/konq_prop.png has none of the above. The 
indication of the selected icon is so subtle that it can easily be missed, 
depending on your theme.

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