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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    RE: Print manager usability improvement (commitable?)
From:       Philippe FREMY <P.FREMY () OBERTHURCS ! com>
Date:       2002-08-30 7:46:48
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron J. Seigo [mailto:aseigo@olympusproject.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:21 PM
> To: kde-devel@kde.org; Michael Goffioul; kde-usability@kde.org
> Subject: Re: Print manager usability improvement (commitable?)
> 
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> On Thursday 29 August 2002 09:00, 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
> 
> huge improvement IMO. now you don't have to guess at what 
> things mean, there 
> is an explicit grouping (via named menus) of the items, etc...
> 
> yes, it is odd in the kcontrol to have 2 menubars, but it 
> doesn't look 
> completley odd and improves usability. when run outside of 
> kcontrol it's a 
> non-issue, obviously.
> 
> i'd love to see this go into 3.1 as a fix to a major usability bug ...
> 

The problem is that the user does not expect a menu bar in the middle of the
screen, and may not understand that this is a menubar. After all, you onle
see a bunch of names written with no graphical elements indicating that you
can click on them.

	Philippe

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