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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kicker Defaults
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-08-20 16:30:40
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On Tuesday 20 August 2002 06:34, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> On August 20, 2002 04:49, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> > > 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)
> >
> > 4) Remove the kwrite-icon (saves x pixels)
>
> Agreed

if giving koffice something of a prominent place is still desired, the koffice 
menu could replace the kwrite icon.

> > 6) Show numbers in Pager in place of "previews" (saves x pixels)
>
> Excellent suggestion, I didn't know that was possible. Any comments on the
> usability impact of disabling previews?

little to none i'd imagine.

> > 7) Use plain clock with smaller font (saves x pixels)
>
> I disagree with this change under the pretense of space saving. The "font"
> that the LCD clock uses is much more condensed than what the plain clock
> typically uses. You might be able to convince me to use a plain clock by
> default on the basis of readability and consistancy; however, that is not
> the focus of this discussion.
>
> With these changes, a good 1/3rd of Kicker is usable for the taskbar at
> 800x600.
>
> As Neil has aptly pointed out, Kicker's current behaviour at 800x600 is
> both unacceptable and unreleasable. If there are no substantial objections,
> I'm looking at commitng modifications #1, #2, #3, and #4 tommorow night,
> and possibly #6 pending further discussion.

sounds good.. this covers several of the points raised in earlier discussion 
here. 

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Aaron J. Seigo
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