From kde-usability Sun Aug 24 07:55:00 2003 From: William Leese Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:55:00 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: K icon X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=106171167810980 Neil Stevens wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Saturday August 23, 2003 05:08, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > >>hi >> >>a K icon double the size of the normal icons in kicker >>is IMHO the best thing along with a very contrasting >>and different background or color. >> >>many people dont have any clue that the K icon is any >>different from the others. this is a vital thing for >>newbies. >> >> > >If this is so, then this yet another problem with using the K menu as the >primary system browser. > > No. This is simply a problem with the artwork. Because it looks much like anyother icon it doesn't stand out on the panel. >If you think the K menu is that bad, make us a system browser that can be >started by default by KDE, that pops up right in the middle of the screen >and makes it perfectly clear to the user what's on his system and how to >run it. An application intead of a menu can show its features full time, >instead of when the user actively clicks it and hiding itself after use. > >Adding hack after hack to the K Menu won't fix design weaknesses. > How is adding a background to the kmenu icon a hack? - wvl _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability