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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: background layout
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2003-01-30 6:05:50
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On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:18, William Leese wrote:
> > One thought on making it tidier yet: the "solid background" checkbox
> > could be removed in favour of having a "no fill" option in the colour
> > selection widget, with "no fill" as default... this is how
> > wordprocessors tend to do it, so it's familiar, and does handily
> > simplify te bottom of the dialog.
>
> I disagree. "Use solid background behind text" is almost plain english
> while "no fill" is a term which one needs to be familiar with.

once that text halo feature arrives in CVS, i think we will be able to remove 
that checkbox altogether. the only reason we have it is because the 
background colour is rather invasive, whereas the text halo should be calm 
enough for use by all...

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Aaron J. Seigo
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