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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K icon
From:       William Leese <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-08-24 7:55:00
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Neil Stevens wrote:

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>On Saturday August 23, 2003 05:08, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
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>>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.
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>If this is so, then this yet another problem with using the K menu as the 
>primary system browser.
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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

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