From kde-usability Fri Apr 23 12:34:31 2004 From: Luke Sandell Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:34:31 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: kicker's show desktop button - what exactly should that do? Message-Id: <200404230734.31404.sandell () freeshell ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=108274247022218 "Bugs" 67406 and 60480 are diametrically opposed. The main problem is that the button is not consistant. In fact, I have observed both behaviors today. However, I do not know the circumstances under which each behavior is exhibited. An two-way desktop button will suffer from the following dilemma: when a window is manually opened or restore by the user, the button no longer reflects the state of the desktop. You have three choices in solving this dilemma, none of which will satisfy everyone all the time. 1. You can simply undepress the button and forget all the saved positions of the windows minimized by the button. The problem with this solution is that the user can no longer restore the windows that were previously minimized (60480). 2. You can undepress the button and restore all the windows you minimized when the button was depressed. The problem with this solution is that it is pretty annoying to have all your windows pop back up just because you created or restored one window (67406). 3. The third would be to do nothing and simply leave the button in its current depressed state. The problem with this solution, as noted above, is that it no longer reflects the current state of the desktop. In addition, if the user wants to show the desktop again, undepress and then depress the button. Whatever you choose (I prefer #2) must be consistant. Currently it is not. Maybe the final solution will be the user to configure it, but this might just make it more confusing. Good luck with the quandry, Luke Sandell _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability