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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Choosing View modes
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-04-24 11:33:05
Message-ID: 408A5071.6070903 () leese ! nl
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
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> On April 21, 2004 06:56, Jamethiel Knorth wrote:
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>>It still remains, what are people's opinions on using the combined
>>toggle/dropdown button?
> 
> they combine multiple modes of operation into one button (click once quickly 
> to toggle to that type of view; click and hold/move to select a specific type 
> of that type of view to switch to).
> 
> they require one to remember which subtype is selected when toggling to it.
> 
> they allow switching to a listview from an iconview to be a single click, but 
> to a specific type of listview to be more than that. in other words, the 
> action to switch views is sensitive to a context that is no longer 
> immediately visible (the last listview type you had chosen).
> 
> to switch to a different view of the same type one has to select an already 
> selected button. this is a bit paradigm-bending, and is also inconsistent 
> with the action taken to switch to a view of totally different type.

Assuming people change their view often, why not use a dropdown? It'll 
take an additional click in some cases, but considering the many views 
and the probability that the amount and usefulness with be expanded in 
the near future, you're going to need something like this anyway.

Idea: How about an new toolbar located at the top of the right pane. 
This would contain 2 functions:

- Incremental Search / Filters
- View mode selection

   -- William
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