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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: UI feedback from a Linux newbie
From:       "Steven D'Aprano" <dippy () mikka ! net ! au>
Date:       2000-04-17 21:36:11
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Rik Hemsley wrote:
> 
> I would like to see a new theme that fixes some of the problems that
> are inherent in most existing ones. For example, most checkboxes use
> crosses rather than ticks. This confuses people. They don't know
> whether a cross means off or on.

I must admit I've never come across people being confused by this, but
ticks are certainly more logical.

> Another example: radio buttons use
> dots. What's that supposed to mean ? 

They are black & white representations of a physical button that
pushes in. Of course, once you have colour, you can use shading to
represent changes in height and the dot in radio buttons really only
has value as tradition: its what people expect.

> They should use ticks like
> checkboxes. They can indicate their changed functionality by their
> shape. I have created a mockup of such a theme, which you can see
> at http://www.geoid.clara.co.uk/controls.png

Nice. I like them.

What about three-state checkboxes? What should the third state look
like?


-- 
Steven D'Aprano

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