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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: file dialog section of eugenia's article
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-07-12 10:11:56
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On Friday 12 July 2002 01:54, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Friday 12 July 2002 12:46 pm, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 05:34:22PM +0200, Simon Edwards wrote:
> > > Eugenia appears to be a litte confused as to how the RMB menu actually
> > > works. The context menu you get depends on which on-screen object you
> > > RMB click on. Not whether files are selected or not. In fact, if you
> > > RMB click on a file, you select it at the same time. So how would you
> > > get a context menu on a file such that no files are selected? Under
> > > what conditions would the Back/Forward/Up menu items appear? :-/
> >
> > When you click anywhere in the view that's not a file icon or name (i.e.,
> > in blank space).
>
> I think that's a problem in detailed view where there is no such thing as
> "blank space".

not to mention it requires users to differentiate between "blank space" and 
"not blank space", which they are surprisingly poor at.. at least your 
general desktop user.

power users have a complex multi-dimensional interpretation of the screen 
display that the overwhelming majority of users don't.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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