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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: First Time Config Wizard (Re: K start menu icon ideas)
From:       Jim Conner <jconner83 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-07-28 6:00:29
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I came up with this on my own.  I bet MS spent millions in usability test to 
come to the same conclusion.  Just because 'they' do it doesn't mean it's 
inherently evil.  I think the way they did this will tend to get in the way 
of 'power users'.  Having an unobtrusive icon on the desktop that launches a 
'How Do I?' type of help application would be very useful for new users.  
This can be deleted off the desktop by power users or when the new user no 
longer needs it.  If enough people think my idea would be a good one, how do 
we go about getting this implemented for the KDE 3.0 release?  Warning:  I'm 
not a hacker.

Jim

On Saturday July 28, 2001 12:43 am, Chris Altmann wrote:
> I saw that. I think its a good idea.
>
> I hate to refer to how 'they' do it again, but take a look at the sidebar
> in this window from Windows XP.
> http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/winxp_rc_gallery_03.gif
>
> Somebody at MS has decided that this kind of task oriented interface is the
> next big thing (presumably after extensive user testing). They call it the
> Inductive User Interface.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwindev/h
>t ml/iuiguidelines.asp

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