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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kicker Defaults
From:       "Gordon Tyler" <gordon () doxxx ! net>
Date:       2002-08-20 17:13:11
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From: "Matt Bonyak" <dingodonkey@stny.rr.com>
> On Tuesday 20 August 2002 02:49 pm, Gordon Tyler wrote:
> > In addition to the other changes suggested in this thread, how about
making
> > the default Kicker icon size smaller for 800x600?
>
> I've always been reluctant to have resolution-dependant features.  Any
feature
> that is automatically adjusted due to the presence of XXX conditions
seems,
> in the greater picture, confusing to the end user ("why is his like that
and
> mine like this?  i like that more!").  I would rather include less icons
in
> kicker by default than have a setting that adjusts itself to your
resolution.

I imagine it would be a once off, first time KDE runs action. It would check
what the resolution is, if it's 800x600 or less, it uses the Small setting.
But after that, the setting is completely controlled by the user (when they
discover where to change it ;)

Ciao,
Gordon


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