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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Radio button group highlighting
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-21 15:34:56
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#if Laurent MOUSSAULT
> Le Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Rik Hemsley a écrit :
> > I think using a slider is another example of using a widget for
> > a purpose for which is was not designed, similar to the idea of
> > using a listbox for exlusive selections.
> 
> That's why I proposed to draw the link between radio buttons instead of using
> a slider.

Agreed.

> > Example from Empath:
> > 
> > ,- Encoding ---------------------.
> > | (o) Base 64          ( ) 8 bit |
> > | ( ) Quoted-printable ( ) 7 bit |
> > `--------------------------------'
> 
> First, IMHO this is an example of bad radio button design.
> The box around the options is not enough to show that they are
> mutually exclusive.  Box are just intended to group related
> information, and that's what they do in current applications, _except_
> when there is only radio buttons inside...

Again, agreed. I would have done this differently had a better solution
been available...

> 
> I propose this instead:
> 
> 
>     Encoding:
> 
>     (o) Base 64              ( ) 8 bit
>      |________________________|
>      |                        |
>     ( ) Quoted-printable     ( ) 7 bit
> 

Cool. Works for me.

> Yes, I know: this can't be done automagically by a widget.  This mean
> we need a somewhat "artistic" way of designing dialogs.  Which is
> almost already true (some dialogs are more pleasant to look at than
> others, and I think this isn't completely irrelevant to UI design).
> 
> So, this is not a proposition for KDE 2, but I still think that this
> could be a good thing to do -- later.
> 
> Another point is that implementing this only in a few applications at
> first is not a big problem, as this is just an addition to normal
> radio buttons, so the user will not have to front a whole new
> paradigm.

How about we think about this for KDE 2.something ?

Rik

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