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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Print manager usability improvement (commitable?)
From:       David Bishop <tech () bishop ! dhs ! org>
Date:       2002-08-29 15:13:47
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On Thursday 29 August 2002 09:00 am, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> I already received a few remarks about the usability of the large toolbar
> in the print manager. Recently, a user proposed to use a menu-driver
> approach, and I gave it a try. Look at the screenshot
>
> http://printing.kde.org/screenshots/pics/manager2.png
>
> After using it a little bit, I find this menu-driven approach quite
> convenient, indeed. Now the questions:
>
> - do you find it better from a usbality point of view? (note that the
>   toolbar is still available, and both menubar and toolbar are togglable)?
>
> - should I try to make it for 3.1 (code is ready, but there's the
>   feature- and translation-freeze), or can it wait until 3.2?
>
> (I didn't subscribe to kde-usability, so Cc-me directly if needed).
>
> Thanks for any comment.
> Michael.

Please commit! Now! *grin*  I must say, that I have always hated the print 
manager, with all 50 icons and no real way to distinguish what the actually 
do without a ton of mouseovers and guess&check.  This got *slightly* better 
in 3.0, but not really :-(  The menu driven version looks about 1000% better, 
in terms of orginization and lack of confusion.

Um, 1 vote for yes? B-)

- -- 
A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in. 
  --Kim Alm, a.s.r 
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