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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: kdemultimedia (setCheckedState)
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-05-18 13:53:05
Message-ID: BAY7-F178pQ4QcslM1K0002700d () hotmail ! com
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>From: Scott Wheeler <wheeler@kde.org>
>Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 09:17:18 +0200
>
>To be honest -- I'd like to see this stuff ripped back out.  I didn't see a
>discussion of it anywhere and I think it's a regression in terms of
>usability.
>
>If I quickly glance at at toggle action I can distinguish:
>
>[ ] Show Search Bar
>[x] Show Search Bar
>
>very quickly.  It clearly visually indicates that it is a field with two
>states and what its present state is.  However with the options:
>
>o Show Search Bar
>o Hide Search Bar
>
>I actually have to read the label, think about the current state, etc.  
>It's
>not visually distinguishable from a (often irreversible) action.
>
>I also think this is bad for the show/hide toolbar widgets but didn't get
>around to complaining until it's apparently made clear that this is meant 
>to
>be a pervasive change.

I think the show/hide naming is often bad for power users, who want 
immediate information, but is usually much clearer for newer users. I would 
have to say that having the term be descriptive according to what it will do 
is better.

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