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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Change Konqueror View Idea
From:       "Art Carney" <greencarrots () nospammail ! net>
Date:       2004-05-15 8:44:10
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 00:32:08 -0400, Sean Lynch <lynch30@marshall.edu>  
wrote:

> I spent a little time tonight thinking about how to make the way you  
> change
> views in konqueror better.  There was talk about putting all of the  
> different
> views in one dropdown icon, and I agree, somewhat.  While I do think they
> should be grouped, I think leaving it as 1 icon makes it to hard to pick  
> out
> from the group of icons on the toolbar.  Also, since many views, such as
> gwenview's image browser and kfilereplace (definately) add alot of their  
> own
> icons, making it even more difficult to pick out which are used to switch
> views, and which are used for other things.  I decided to go with a  
> combobox
> with icons next to each entry, as well as keep a defined grouping to help
> find the option you want the quickest.  I also put it down next to  
> location,
> as it seemed to fit best there, as well as when kfilereplace, etc adds  
> their
> extra icons, it doesn't move the location of this widget.
>
> You'll notice that currently I only put the image browser (gwenview) and
> kfilereplace as the "extra" views, but this layout would work fine with
> really a infinite amount of extra views, including say kaffeine and  
> cervisia,
> to name a view.  The dropdown also keeps picking out those extra views
> easier.  With the current icons, the only way to know one of the icons  
> is a
> view is to mouse over it (there is no drop down like their is with other
> views).
>
> Well, enough talking about it, so what do you all think.  I've attached 3
> images to this email (which I hope work with the mailing list, if not, I  
> will
> host them on my webserver if need be).  The first image is the before  
> layout,
> showing the 5 icons on the toolbar, with 2 of them having dropdowns.  The
> second image is the combobox without the options visible, and the third  
> is
> the combobox with the options visable.  What do you all think?
>
> http://techniq.ocia.net/kde-usability/konq-before1.jpg
> http://techniq.ocia.net/kde-usability/konq-idea.jpg
> http://techniq.ocia.net/kde-usability/konq-idea-menu.jpg
>
> --BTW, I originally sent this yesterday with the images as attachments,  
> so if
> the moderator is reading this, feel free to delete that email (its  
> pending).


Looks great! I hope this gets included for 3.3 Very convenient for all and  
helpful for the noob who may not even know that he/she can change the icon  
view options.
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