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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kcontrol reorganisation (was Re: Control center organization/ clutter)
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-08-30 17:38:58
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On Friday 30 August 2002 02:03, Christoph Held wrote:
> Well, first a screenshot of lycoris - just for inspiration:
> http://www.modemnet.net/articles/reviews/images/lycoris4.gi
> There was much kudos sent to lycoris for their control center. I don't
> think it's brilliant but a good step in the right direction.
>
> The problem with kcontrol: its too big. IMHO I would suggest to break
> KControl in smaller parts: e.g. make one KControl with all the look&feel
> kcms, one KControl with all the system kcms. Let me explain:

as long as we don't seperate them along too fine of lines. info, 
components/apps, desktop, and admin might be good sets. this could be merged 
directly into kcontrol itself even with some creative redesign... perhaps a 
set of large icons across the top of the window, one for each section.

> First the user presses K then Control Center. Now instead of Kcontrol,
> konqueror should be started with a html page. On this web page there are
> links like 'Change behavior and appearance'. If the user press this link,
> kcontrol starts with only the look&feel kcms.

and then when your khtml is misconfigured you are SOL. not to mention the 
annoyance of starting up konquero, clicking a choice, and only THEN getting 
to work. 

it should be a seperate, stand-alone app.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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