[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: opinions on gnome2
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-07-20 22:40:42
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Saturday 20 July 2002 04:01, Uno Engborg wrote:
> Those who compile and install KDE are probably sysadmins and are
> hopfully in

you might be surprised. grahpical interfaces are not all that "intuitive". 
even advanced users usually benifit from a "that K icon is the applications 
menu, you can add new things to the panel by right clicking and choosing 
add->, the control center is where all the configuration options are, etc.."

after thinking about this idea over night i think what would be REALY cool is 
a click 'n explore type app. i got to thinking about this while watching my 
son play a child's computer game. the way most of those games work is that 
the player is presented with a screen showing the different options and they 
are asked (usually w/audio) to click on one of the objects. clicking on the 
object takes them to another screen that largely repeats the process.

if upon logging in for the first time a brief overview of the desktop was 
given with a screenshot of the entire desktop (audio and text with an arrow 
pointing to the various parts) and then the user was allowed to click on 
things they wished to explore to get more information the user could explore 
as much or as little of the desktop as they wanted to.

i don't think this would need to be completed all in one go. just the intro 
piece would be vastly useful (one screenshot, a bunch of text and optionally 
some audio with an arrow pointing things out on the screenshot).

over time, as various parts of kde become more "solidified" other pages can be 
added and access by clicking on hot spots on the screenshot (e.g. kicker). 
parts of the actual documentation could even be integrated eventually.

perhaps by making it more interactive and multimedia users might actually 
spend a few minutes taking in documentation =)

- -- 
Aaron J. Seigo
GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA  EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
    - Albert Einstein
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE9Oebq1rcusafx20MRAmckAKCDrIyYeF+YhiYqAXnkp1QeEHt+jwCfbFRV
FTl+7AGsXXwEWHzhjHq9gDA=
=qCIX
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

_______________________________________________
kde-usability mailing list
kde-usability@mail.kde.org
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]