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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: UI question
From:       Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date:       2000-02-11 3:22:04
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Hi Roberto

You're going into a no-no I hate most in windows apps: you tend to mix
status indicators with effectors.

IMHO, the best solution is to build a widget class constituted of a small
label containing the plugged/unplugged pixmaps (alternatively) and a
button using another pair of pixmaps (a scissor and a fist? :-) or even
better a pair of short words (online/offline; on/off; plug/cut). It's
obvious, of course, waht will be the way this widget functions (the
plugged-in pixmap on the label will match the 'cut' word or the scissor
pixmap on the button).

Yes, this widget will be a bit larger than the initial idea, but only *a
bit* larger.

Hope this helps

Cristian


On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Roberto Alsina wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Michael J. Bedy wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have an application that has two modes of operation, online and offline,
> > > > > > which can be represented by a plug in the socket (online) and a plug out
> > > > > > of the socket (offline).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I want to allow the user to switch between the stated by clicking on a
> > > > > > button.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That button should, while the application is on online state, show:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > a) A plugged plug, indicating that the application is online
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, netscape does it this way.
> > > > >
> > > > > > b) A unplugged plug, showing that pushing the button will "unplug" the
> > > > > > application, go offline?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am tending to b) because buttons are actions, but I thought it would be
> > > > > > instructive to ask.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd suggest a as it makes the button into a better indicator of the
> > > > > apps state.
> > > >
> > > >   I agree. I would choose a. B would confuse me if I used the program.
> > > 
> > > I just asked because I did a) and it is confusing the hell out of me
> > > already :-)
> > 
> > I think this is one of those awkward cases where both solutions have good
> > points. Perhaps we should pass the buck to kde-look?
> 
> Good idea. Here it goes :-)
> Please redirect all following responses to kde-look@kde.org.
> 
> 
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