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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kcontrol proposal - screenshot
From:       wvl <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2002-08-31 13:49:01
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On Saturday 31 August 2002 15:36, Christoph Held wrote:
> On Saturday 31 August 2002 15:11, wvl wrote:
> > On Saturday 31 August 2002 13:56, Christoph Held wrote:
> > > On Saturday 31 August 2002 13:05, wvl wrote:
> > > > If there are only two levels ("/", and "/Internet and Email",
> > > > "/System Administration", "/Accessibility".. etc) and a toolbar with
> > > > a huge "Back" button little could go wrong.
> > >
> > > So, you have replaced a big tree, with a big directory - IMHO just
> > > nonsense. Navigation is not the problem.
> >
> > No....... What I've done is replace a tree with many branches and few
> > leafs displayed in a cramped space with a tree with few branches and many
> > leafs displayed in a much larger view. That it happens to be in the form
> > of a directory structure is perhaps not as important.
>
> o.k.
>
> BTW: Such an application already exist: Tada - KControl ;-) Just select
> View-> Mode-> Symbols. Now switch the left part with the right part and it
> is identical to your proposal - except kcms are started inside.

In KDE3.1 beta this option isn't yet available. The last point you mention is 
quite important. This would make navigation (in my concept) difficult 
(pressing 'Back' would take you from an application/kcm to a folder/icon 
view..). Do you have a screenshot of this Symbols mode?

- wvl
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