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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Usability study
From:       "Luke Chatburn" <luke () linuxcomment ! com>
Date:       2004-03-28 15:25:44
Message-ID: 000f01c414d8$f0bb1360$6501a8c0 () Furies
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Just a brief note on the Kornganiser use of orange in the icons... You might
want to be cautious in removing this, as it does add to the atmosphere of
the application. Typically KDE applications don't use orange for their
icons, and it gives the user a quick means of visual identification and
confirmation "Right... I'm using Korganiser, it's got orange in the icons."
It's a very strong visual cue :)

There is room to tidy up the icons a little bit, though. They are a touch
too similar in places :)

-Luke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikolaj Machowski" <mikmach@wp.pl>
To: <kde-usability@kde.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: Usability study


> Dnia pią 26. marca 2004 21:30, Mihnea Capraru napisał:
>
> > They have conducted tests on they don't say how many people and what
> > kind
> > of, and reached to the following recommendations:
> > 1. the kcontrol menu should come back to the main start menu, as it''s
> > now hidden deeply. it should be called "settings" and dwell under "all
> > programs"
>
> Agree.
>
> > 2. kfind should add the wildcard to search word by default, as
> > lots of users don't know what * happens to mean and they won't
understand
> > why they can't locate "foo" while searching for "foo-bar"
>
> It already works for content, but agree it should work that way for
> filenames.
>
> > 3. further work should be done on toolbars, as icons are currently too
> > difficult to find, due to their number
>
> Also in the same group toolbars should be unified, eg. kdegames.
>
> > 4. there should't be more then 5-7 buttons/menu entries in a group :-)
>
> :)
>
> > 5. rmb menu desktop configuration uses different wording as
corresponding
> > kcontrol menus - they should be made consistent
>
> Yep. Wording should be unified, also order of rmb menu items should be
> the same for related items: eg. popup menu on link in KMail and Konq.
>
> Also number of different words should be reduced. Why remove and close
> in Konq? "Close" applies in the same situations.
>
> > 6. the user should somehow be able to oversee search criteria in kfind
>
> ?
>
> > 7. kontact components should be more closely integrated (menus and
> > toolbars made more consistent)
>
> Agree. Now components are working together wonderfully but it may be not
> visible for common user.
>
> > 8. when adding an all-day event t korganizer, some small space on the
> > upper or lower edge should be left free such as the user can click it
and
> > add further events that day
>
> Nice idea.
>
> > 9. korganizer shouldn't use orange for icons, orange is generally
> > perceived as a warning sign
>
> ? Red is a warning sign. Orange IMO is bad because it introduce new
> color where it is not necessary. Most KDE default themes are blue,
> orange arrows are too visible.
>
> > 10. korganizer uses peculiar arrows to display some status info (event
> > goes further/ starts earlier), which users mistake for buttons
>
> Hmm. I like it. (there is small bug in kontact). Maybe _make_ them
> buttons to show not visible events?
>
> Another issue. You can move by week with clicking on week numbers in
> calendar view in Korganizer. But user doesn't know numbers are clickable
> - neither change of cursor nor visible buttons.
>
> > 11. korganizer's left panel takes up too much space. they estimate it to
> > probably take too much work to make it resizable, so they recommend
> > putiing some small arrow-like buttons on the separator to do the job of
> > hiding/ showing, or some other similar idea
>
> Done in CVS, but button (orange arrow :) isn't easily recognizable as
> assigned to this task.
>
> > 12. they say test users mistake kscd's progress bar for a volume control
> > bar, because it has that little "change volume" button at its left
>
> Didn't it had done in CVS?
>
> > 13. when saving an image from a website, konqueror/save dialog should
> > suggest the file name taken from the page itself. otherwise the
unknowing
> > user will give it a name without an extension, and then be unable to set
> > it as wallpaper, because it will be filtered out by "show *.xyz files".
> > (ok now it's really weird reading this. but using an image from a
webpage
> > as wallpaper was one of their testcases.)
>
> Agree. Image service in Konq should be really improved (Image
> properties!)
>
> m.
>
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