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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Change Konqueror View Idea
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-05-15 19:26:33
Message-ID: 40A66EE9.4000602 () leese ! nl
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Jamethiel Knorth wrote:

> I like it a bit. It might be a good entry-level way of displaying the 
> other views. However, the single-icon button also needs to be 
> available, because once you know what that does, most all of it is a 
> waste of space.
>
> You should try to clean it up so that it is identical in size to the 
> search bar. The search bar only shows up while browsing the web, and 
> this one will only show up while managing files. If they are identical 
> in size, this will result in the screen not jumping around while you 
> switch and the entire system being more consistent.


Can't do. Think about special views and translations; you can't be sure 
how long the name will be.

One day KDE will surely use fading toolbar transitions instead of it's 
current behavior ;) See the contactlist in kopete.

> If you keep the "View As:" entry, make sure its a separate toolbar 
> entry, just like "Location:" as many people may want it gone.
>
> To help with consistence with the search bar, maybe move everything 
> into the combo-box. Either just append " View" to each entry or change 
> them to "Use _____ View". Not certain about that, it would need some 
> testing.

Using sentences is not always the most userfriendly approach.

[ Useless Verb ] [ Widget ] [ Keyword / Label ]

vs

[ Keyword / Label + filling ] [ Widget ]

We evalutate things from left to right, so the ideal situation is to 
have the keyword / label on the left so that once you get to the widget, 
you know exactly what it's meant to do (instead of first having to read 
a sentence - be it a short one).

  -- William
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