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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: TOM write-up
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-06-11 0:01:08
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On June 10, 2002 05:45 pm, Eric Ellsworth wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2002 3:25 pm, Alistair Davidson wrote:
> > I did a quick TOM FAQ on the wiki to get it rolling. It's probably got a
> > load of errors and so on, but I figured it would work as a nice
> > framework for everyone else to correct and add to.
> >
> > http://intrinsix.homelinux.org/twiki/bin/view/Usability/TaskOrientedMenu
>
> Great work!  That's a good explanation of where the TOM idea is going now.
>
> I think we'll need to have good default task groups already set up to make
> this menu really easy to use.

yes..

in your list so far i'd suggest that there are perhaps too many entires. e.g. 
what is the difference between "Manage Finances" and "Accounting"? is one for 
personal and one for business? what is "Manage Mailings"? what is "Layout" 
(DTP?)?

wouldn't "Connect to boxen (e.g. server-based email)" be just a special case 
of "Read & write email"? same for "Check Webmail"? (which brings up the 
question of how best to aide the user in assigning apps / commands to 
specific types of tasks...)

the "Manage Personal Information" menu looks quite good, though i'm a little 
curious about the last three items... how will we handle the first time a 
user selects "Vew bank accounts"? ask for their bank URL? if so, how do we 
manage that?

also, would wording like "Check code in and out " be better if was a bit more 
specific, such as: "Use Revision Control (Cervisia)"?

healthy start though ... 

perhaps you could do up a set of TOM task group files so that it would be 
possible to play with these things in TOM itself.. this will not only give a 
better feel for the menus, but also help find issues in TOM.

<dunce-cap>oh, and what is {W} and {1st->W}?</dunce-cap>

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Aaron J. Seigo
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