From kde-usability Mon Feb 03 20:07:06 2003 From: "Aaron J. Seigo" Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 20:07:06 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Proposal: kde guide systray update X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=104430288332586 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 February 2003 05:15, Datschge@gmx.net wrote: > Hello =) > Attached in this email you can find a first draft of my proposed > update for > > http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/basics/systray.h >tml Corrections and further comments are welcome and wanted. =) how would the animation referred to be provided and look like? how would applications such as kmail use a systray icon? currently it offers a simple notification in the system tray that makes absolutely no sense not to be there unless there is a kmail process (window) running. users expect/want such a systray icon, so this isn't a needless ad-hoc feature... i think there is a further distinction between types of uses of the systray: o apps that use it as their main interface o apps that use it as a readily available status indicator examples of the former include kalarm and kopete (the contact list is not it's main interface in my mind...), while kmail falls into the second... (oh, and there is a typo in the original and in yours: "non-document specific applitions" should be "non-document specific applications") > I also attached a further small "addone" for the already existing > collection of usability reports about Kopete. this is an implementation detail that the user should not be bothered with IMO. there should either be a systray icon or their shouldn't be. it should either always be there, or it should disappear when the last kopete window closes - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Albert Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Psvq1rcusafx20MRAu3AAJ9PRIjpRhoZ29AuiXi+66LypqG3YwCfacV2 44ImI7ABzjI5TCkwAHpXFGA= =Txgj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability