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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KMenuEdit vs. direct manipulation [was: Re: RMB - once again]
From:       Christoph Niemann <cnieman () suse ! de>
Date:       2003-08-25 15:43:11
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On Saturday 16 August 2003 18:48, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> Op zaterdag 16 augustus 2003 00:02, schreef Troels Tolstrup:
> > On Friday 15 August 2003 22:16, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> > > I agree with this, but IMO it's much better to show a popup
> > > dialog when the user tries to move an item in the menu (maybe
> > > accidentially!). In this popup people can read that they have to
> > > use the menueditor for this (eventually with a button to start an
> > > interactive tutorial which show how to do this).
> >
> > Then why not ask if they want to move the menu item? This would
> > allow "inline" menu rearranging, without making you rearrange
> > things by accident.
>
> Some update to my statement: a popup which asks if you want to
> activate the direct menu editor or if you want to use KMenuEdit (with
> don't show this again option). Default option=KMenuEdit.
>
> > (i personally have hated the menu editor from the first time i saw
> > it, and i still find it silly that you actually need to launch a
> > program to rearrange the menu)
>
> 1) I'm talking about *all* menus.
> 2) I agree that KMenuEdit needs some usability changes and it should
> be possible to change also other menus than the K-menu.
> 3) I personally hated the direct menu editor from MS Windows...

Sorry for my late reply. I think there was a missunderstanding here: I 
was never talking about *all menus* but only about the KMenu. I do not 
want RMB menus or something like that to be rearrangable inline... 

Greetings,
Christoph

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