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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Ways to make Konqueror easier
From:       David Hugh-Jones <hughjonesd () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-03-19 18:21:38
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Antiphon

These are interesting ideas. I think you might want to look through
recent discussions on Konqueror's menus, almost everyone agrees that at
the moment they need a lot of work and there has been a lot of
discussion about changes (don't know if any have been made in CVS yet
though)

dave

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 17:28, Antiphon wrote:
> Here are some ideas I came up with to clean up Konqy's
> menu structure and make it easier to use:
> 
> *  All of the editor applications should be moved to a
> submenu. Right now, it can be a bit overwhelming to
> the beginner to see all of apps on the File menu.
> *  Something needs to be done to resolve the
> inconsistency of New Window being on the Location menu
> and New Tab being on the Window menu. One should be
> moved to the other (or perhaps add New Tab to the
> Location menu but not get rid of it on the Window
> menu?)
> *  In HTML mode, file related features such as Encrypt
> File, Create data CD with K3b, Open With...) should
> not appear on the context menu because they are not
> frequently used in the context of Web browsing.
> KHTML's context menu is not very contextual at all.
> The menu is just one long catch-all mess. How many
> times do people actually try to burn a Web page to a
> CD w/o saving it locally?
> *  Window operations (Open in new tab, etc) should be
> in a submenu of the context menu, if there at all.
> *  The Go Menu should have an item for "Home page" or
> whatever it's called in addition to the Home
> directory. There should also be a shortcut to go to
> the Web view's default URL.
> *  But, I don't really think it should be there at
> all, actually. I wonder what people would say if the
> Go menu was made a submenu of Location? Right now it
> doesn't seem to justify an entire menu.
> *  Run... should not be on the Tools menu since it is
> already implemented on the kicker and unless one is
> running kdesktop, it won't work. It doesn't make sense
> to include something that isn't a Konqy operation.
> *  Perhaps there should be Next/Previous Tab(s) on the
> Window menu to help users learn the keystroke for
> them.
> *  The Link View should be moved to the Window menu.
> *  There should be a shortcut for increase/decrease
> font sizes.
> 
> Non-menu:
> *  Tabs should shrink themselves as new windows open.
> It is very inconvenient to have to scroll through
> them.
> *  Why are the sorting options limited when in icon
> view? The icon view should have the same ordering
> capabilities as the Details view.
> 
> I apologize if any of these things have been already
> implemented in CVS or have been previously discussed.
> I haven't built for a while.
> 
> I will file bug reports on these unless anyone
> disagrees or has already done so.
> 
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