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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: default panel set up - website
From:       Matt Bonyak <dingodonkey () stny ! rr ! com>
Date:       2002-07-26 0:37:12
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On Thursday 25 July 2002 08:15 pm, Uno Engborg wrote:
> The hide arrow could also be confused with a scroll control, and the
> user might click it
> in the assumption that there was more buttons and applets on the panel
> that there was
> no room for on the screen. When the user clicks the arrow, the panel
> disappears instead
> of showing more icons. And we have a confused user.

Thus the moderately slow animation, showing the user clearly where the panel 
is moving to.

> Besides how many users have a screen that is so small that KDE isn't
> runnable without
> hiding the panel? Here in Sweden I havent seen somthing less than
> 1024x768 for years,
> even if I include laptops.

A lot of people still do use 800x600, although I'm at twice that (depending on 
the computer) and still like to hide the panel now and then.


 - Matt Bonyak
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