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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: RMB - once again
From:       Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date:       2003-08-09 18:14:41
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Op zaterdag 09 augustus 2003 01:45, schreef Henrique Pinto:
> On Friday 08 August 2003 03:58, Christoph Niemann wrote:
> > 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.
>
> These problems (with dynamic menus) can be reduced if the dynamic entries
> are somehow different from the normal, static, ones. Maybe they should have
> bigger icons? Any ideas?

Bigger icons not, different background collor maybe.

(We should also use the same marking for the last used apps field in the 
K-menu of course.)

> Anyway, I don't think it is a good idea to have dynamic menus.

If we implement it bad: agreed!
If we implement it good: not agreed!

> > 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.
>
> Simple solution:
>
> The menu would contain a default set of applications. They could be removed
> by just right-clicking and selecting "Remove from this menu", or "Detach",
> or something else.

I don't like such windows style of edting from menu's because it not good for 
usabilty. With my idea it should be also possible to lock applications in the 
list via the MIME type dialog.

<snip>

- -- 
Mvg, Sander Devrieze.
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