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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: App of the week: KIconEditor
From:       Benjamin Meyer <ben () meyerhome ! net>
Date:       2002-02-22 1:05:37
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Well I guess there wasn't all the much wrong with this app.  Does anyone care 
to volenteer to make sure that this gets into cvs?

-Benjamin Meyer

On Tuesday 19 February 2002 04:13 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> hi..
>
> in case anyone was trying to figure out why they didn't have "kiconeditor"
> it is actually called "kiconedit" =)
>
> On February 19, 2002 09:17 am, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> > I noticed that the icon editor had the same version number as kde.  is
> > this right?
>
> however the authors decide =)
>
> > What's THis button seems to be a toolbar button and not KPushButton
>
> which is correct since it is in a toolbar, no?
>
> > Options/Configure  (change to Configure KIconEditor, same with caption)
>
> Options should be called "Settings" .. here are my comments on the
> configure dialog:
>
>  - move to using the icon listing style as opposed to tabs
>  - change caption to include app name
>
>  - keys tab
>    - remove and use standard Configure Key Bindings dialog in Settings menu
>
>  - icon templates tab
>    - the layout in the edit button seems to be broken, as is the browsing
>    - the browse button should be removed and a KURLRequester(Dlg?)
>
>  -background tab
>    - "Built-in" leaves me baffled and acts like a checkbox, even though its
> a radio button
>    - "Color" button should be a kcolorbutton
>    - "Pixmap" button should probably also be a KURLRequester
>
>  - toolbars tab
>    - settings are available by right clicking the toolbars, this
> non-standard tab should be removed
>
>  - icon grid tab
>    - should perhaps be called "Paste Mode" since that is all there ; or
> perhaps "General" and moved to the front.
>
> > Why is there a "Save Options" under Options?
>
> to save the various settings under options. should be removed as no other
> main kde app seems to do this... settings should be saved when changed ...
>
> > Shouldn't Show toolbar, Show Shatusbar etc go under "View"
>
> no, they belong in settings.
>
> other comments:
>
>  - tools menu items are in a different order than the tools toolbar
>  - icon menu perhaps should be merged into the edit menu
>  - when opening a second window, Ctrl-W in that window doesn't work
>  - with more than one window, Ctrl-W doesn't just close that window but
> quits the whole app. should either be changed to Ctrl-Q or made to act as a
> window close ala kmail
>  - when quiting, it only asks if you want to save changes in one open
> window. it should ask for each open window that has unsaved changes
>  - doesn't use standard actions
>  - doesn't use kactions for the items that appear in both menus and
> toolbars - when a new window is first opened, no color is selected by
> default, which you need to do to start drawing. a color should be selected
> right away.
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