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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KControl again...
From:       Troels Tolstrup <troels () tolstrup ! org>
Date:       2004-02-05 21:59:38
Message-ID: 1076018378.4022bcca78fee () www ! tolstrup ! org
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> No good static organization exists for the panel. You have to assign 
> metadata  
> to all the items that are now in the kcc listbox, and allow the user to  
> dynamically list all items that match with one OR MORE chosen metadata. 
> e.g.  
> show all the items that match "keyboard" and "international". 
 
You already have the option to search for items in kcontrol, and i hardly 
think the ammount of data is big enough to warrent advanced searches. 
Furthermore i think having to search for things actually complicates the 
program quite a lot, considering the user will both have to know what they 
are looking for, and what exact word is used for it. I for instance was 
quite surprised not to find the word "keyboard" while having the language 
switched to danish, considering i hardly ever see the word "tastetur" 
used, but i of course am used to talking to geeks... But i had no problem 
finding it in the tree. So i hardly think searching for things is the best 
way. It would also be cumbersome if you were going to change a bunch of 
things. I also doubt boolean searching is of much help, 
"tastatur" (keyboard) for instance only resulted in 4 entries, and i think 
that is a quite common word. 
 
What might be a good idea, is a waaaay scaled down version of the control 
center designed for normal users, in addition to the current one which is 
very geek friendly 
 
Mvh 
Troels 
 
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