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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kicker Defaults
From:       Christoph Held <c-held () web ! de>
Date:       2002-08-20 11:30:23
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On Tuesday 20 August 2002 12:36, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Kicker HEAD is currently somewhat screen-space-hungry. In fact, it becomes
> almost unusable at "low" resolutions such as 800x600
> (http://completely.kicks-ass.org/kicker-default-800x600.png). In this
> screenshot most of the taskbar, the logout buttons, Klipper, and the clock
> applet have been pushed off the right edge of the screen. This is obviously
> a usability concern.
>
> I was able to make Kicker (barely) fit the width of the screen by doing
> three things:
> 1) Removing the window list button from the taskbar (saves ~12 pixels)
> 2) Removing the logout applet (saves ~38 pixels)
> 3) Removing all of the KOffice icons (saves ~160 pixels)
>
> You can view a screenshot of this layout at
> http://completely.kicks-ass.org/kicker-lite-800x600.png. This layout is
> still far from ideal, as it still leaves very little screen space for the
> taskbar.
>
> I'm very open to suggestions on this subject. I'd also make to make it
> clear that this problem doesn't only affect low-resolution desktops, the
> default Kicker is quite cramped even at 1024x768.
>
Kicker defaults will be changed in kde 3.2. Stay tuned...

Greetings 

Christoph
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