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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: KDE Standards - Menus - Edit
From:       zander () microweb ! nl
Date:       1999-09-22 17:59:42
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> 
> Find-Next can be disabled in the Menu when no Find action is currently active.
> Keyboard activation should still be possible though: A normal "Find" action should
> be activated in this case. 
> 
> It might be difficult to implement it like this and/or a bit inconsistent. That could be a reason
> to keep "Find Next" enabled in the menu as well.
> 

You are proposing we teach the user to use something that is not always useful, by
giving him the option anyway. 
Basics rule nr one; consistancy. 

You are violating the consistancy rule in this way: at first try the find next will
pop up a window, next time this keyboard shortcut will do something else.

In this case let the user _always_ use the find shortcut. This always pops up a 
window. 


Get my drift?
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Thomas Zander                                                zander@microweb.nl
Today, it's understood that of course you'll use a computer,
because it makes other people's lives easier -- or, more         icq: 970 00 05
accurately, it enables them to maintain their manic pace.      gpg-key:  0588D5

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