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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: proposal for the konqueror sidebar
From:       Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <gustavo () gsbarbieri ! sytes ! net>
Date:       2004-05-07 6:23:15
Message-ID: 200405070323.15901.gustavo () gsbarbieri ! sytes ! net
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Em Friday 07 May 2004 02:31, Jamethiel Knorth escreveu:
> This is another reason why I still endorse menu/button combos. They allow 
> lists to be reduced without removing options. Have an arrow at the side
> that  is the menu button (or hovering for a bit opens it) and have the
> main bar be the main option. Probably have the arrow separated by a bar, or
> in some other way set off, ala MS-Explorer's back button. Then, you could
> have: 
> Open          | >
> Preview       | >
> Actions         >
> -----------------
> Cut
> Copy
> Rename
> Move to Trash
> Delete
> -----------------
> Properties

I like it too. It's forbidden by any usability rule?

PS: I would go for "Actions" below the other actions (after delete, for 
instance).

 
> That has every option that was in the list before, and doesn't require 
> delving into a menu for the common actions. If you want to open it, you
> just  click open. If you want to delve, you wait for the menu (a short
> timer already) or you click on the menu button. I know that it is slightly
> more complex, but it is worth the complexity for the savings in space. 
> Also, I think that all custom actions should just flat out go under the 
> Actions menu. I'm disgusted with programs adding entries to the top-level 
> menu. At the moment, few do so, but it isn't getting any better, and it
> just  makes those menus messy. The top-level menu should just be
> effectively off-limits.

sure.

 
> And you're completely correct about the mistake of repeated icons. It would
>  be great to have custom icons for everything, if only it were possible.
> But, yeah, Ark should cut back on just littering the area with that icon of
> its. 

sure, if we agree on that we can fill a bug report.

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