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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: patch - minipager
From:       "Chris January" <chris () atomice ! net>
Date:       2002-05-09 21:10:00
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A 'me too' post...

> > - on the panel, left mouse clicks provide some sort of functionality
while
> > right mouse clicks are typically used for panel/applet configuration
> > (exceptions: dragging panel with lmb, renaming minipager buttons with
lmb,
> > rmb on taskbar item gives app specific options)
>
> I think this is the key one - my expectation of the RMB is that a
RMB-click
> will bring up a menu or dialog for me to do something, while a left click
> performs an action immediately.
>
> In fact, on of the coolest things in the panel is that the KDE taskbar
> conforms to this - right clicking on an element brings up a context menu
> WITHOUT raising the window.  All versions of Windows raise the window
first,
> then give you the context menu.

Eh - my Windows 2000 doesn't do that.

>
> > - people could be used to having a button
> > + the button looks quite similar to the applet handles
> See forthcoming email.
>
 > > + the button looks like a push button but has a toggle effect (could be
> fixed)
> It definitely needs a toggle effect
>
> > I think a compromise would be to keep the option for having the launch
> button
> > but to leave it off by default so that a user must explicitly enable the
> > feature (and therefore hopefully know what it is).  This is the approach
i
> > took with the attached patch.
>
> I like this - the more of these arrows and gewgaws we can keep off the
default
> panel the better.  If you want em, add em in.

Definitely, those buttons are damn confusing.

Chris


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