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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    BeOS and KDE compared: screenshots of trash and file context menu
From:       Lenny <kudling () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-01-26 16:27:59
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Hi,

putting all available features into a context menu might be the most honest 
approach but it slows down the individual since he always needs to search for 
entries among many others.

Let's compare the BeOS context menus:

1) Trash context menu:
http://www.kudling.de/kde_beos_trash.png

IMVHO BeOS does it right. Most people just want to
a) look into the Trash Bin and
b) empty it

KDE is very successfull here in making a simple thing as complicated as 
possible by crowding a short cut menu (which is meant to provide only the 
most important actions) with nearly _ALL_ possible actions. Yeah, of course 
you can write the Trash to a cd, but who does that in reality?

2) General file context menu:
http://www.kudling.de/kde_beos_file.png

What i like most from BeOS is the "Add-Ons" submenu which prevents plugins 
polluting the context menu like in kde.
KDE follows the infamous Perl "there's more than one way to do it" spirit . 
IMVHO KDE should chose between:
a) provide copy to/move to quick browsers like in BeOS _OR_
b) provide cut/copy/paste entries.

Less is sometimes more.

Bye
Lenny
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