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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: RMB - once again
From:       Christoph Niemann <cnieman () suse ! de>
Date:       2003-08-08 6:58:04
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On Thursday 07 August 2003 18:08, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> Op dinsdag 05 augustus 2003 16:31, schreef Daniele Medri:
> <snip>
>
> > I totally disagree about the "Open"/"Preview" items.
> > If a click on a file and is there an embedded viewer.. I can see
> > this with konqy. If not, open with default app without RMB
> > interaction.
> >
> > Into RMB we need only "Open" and default apps do the rest.
> > Open to edit and preview are blury terms.. and a user need a simple
> > "open" call for what he want. Nothing more...
>
> My thoughts about how it should be:
> o clicking on a file opens the file in the default viewer.
> o remove "Preview in Embeddable Image Viewer" from the RMB menu: it's
> a duplicate of the actions in the submenu of "Open in"
> o Gimp and other apps should be under "Open with" (which has also a
> "Others..." entry) Some idea: we can make from this list (also for
> other files) a "most used applications list" with the most used app
> on the place with the fastest access (next to "Open with"). Limit
> this to x applications and the "Others..." option. When this list is
> first used some standard applications are showed (we have to do then
> tests for which apps are the most popular for which file types!)
>
> More information about the last thing:
> http://devrieze.dyndns.org:3000/gallery/konqueror_rmb_menu/open_with_
>menu

I'm not quite sure if I understand your proposal correctly. Do you want 
the "most used application list" (mual) to be static or dynamic?

I strongly oppose it to be dynamic, as we would face the "Oh my menu 
changed w/o telling me, again" problem.

A static menu, however, would require some sort of user testing to 
determine which applications are considered the most used applications. 
This list might be quite different for different personas, too.

Greetings,
Christoph

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 | Christoph Niemann <cnieman@suse.de>
 | SuSE Usability Guild
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