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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: simpler UI for konqy
From:       Björnke_von_Gierke <bvg () mac ! com>
Date:       2004-01-06 13:05:41
Message-ID: 07BD6048-4049-11D8-9BC9-003065AD94A4 () mac ! com
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You should get rid of more buttons. The delete and enter keys are 
confusing (at best). The Home button is unnecessary, there are other 
places for bookmarks. The Stop and reload buttons should be combined 
into one button. They exclude each other, you do not want to click stop 
when you reload, and you do not want to click reload when you want to 
click stop. I see in you picture that there is no divider between the 
menu and the toolbar. This is bad, as it leads to a noisy view, and 
might look to daring to a beginner. A divider or more space between the 
menu and the toolbar would help to make the browser more clean looking.

Actually you only need 3 buttons:
1. A back button, which produces a menu if you hold or right click
2. A forward button, which behaves like the back button
3. A reload button, which changes to stop when a page is loading.

Everything more is complicated and looks bloated.


On Montag, Jan 5, 2004, at 21:56 Europe/Zurich, Alexander Neundorf 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> since yesterday konqy HEAD has the capabilty to support different xml 
> ui files
> for different konqy profiles.
> This gives us the chance to have a simpler UI for the webbrowsing 
> profile and
> a more specialized ui for the file manager profile :-)
>
> It seems recently many people prefer simpler interface for web 
> browsers, e.g.
> over at the UserLinux mailing list, the new Firebird browser from 
> Mozilla, or
> Galeon.
>
> We don't need to add code, we only need to create/edit the xml ui 
> files :-)
>
> I attached my konqueror.rc and a link to a screenshot.
> http://www.neundorf.net/pics/modified-konqy.png
> This one has at least already a simpler toolbar.
>
> So what do you think ?
>
> Bye
> Alex
> -- 
> Work: alexander.neundorf@jenoptik.com - http://www.jenoptik-los.de
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