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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Summary: One-click & Dialog Printing Icons
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-01-29 15:51:07
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> This is a summary of an ongoing discussion on kde-look FYI:
> 
> It would be nice to be able to print documents from within applications 
> with a single click on a toolbar icon, bypassing the usual printer 
> configuration dialogs.
> 
> KDE's style standard says that the function of toolbar icons should 
> match with an item in the menubar. Having a toolbar icon with a 
> function which is slightly different than the function present in the 
> menu is confusing for users: Users expect that the toolbar icon behaves 
> the same as the menu-item.
> 
> If a toolbar icon provides "print directly" functionality it should be 
> shaped significant differently from the 'normal' print icon. 

This way when you click on the wrong icon by mistake you waste a lot of paper.
I hate this Windows feature.

Just my two cents.

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David FAURE
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