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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: URL Auto-completion
From:       Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date:       2004-06-25 18:58:14
Message-ID: 200406252058.31205.l.savernik () aon ! at
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Am Freitag 25 Juni 2004 18:13 schrieb Dik Takken:
[...]
> black. Pressing ENTER opens the URL. But when you press ENTER *without*
> confirming KDE's suggestion, KDE will open the suggested URL anyway.
>
> I think this is wrong. I think pressing ENTER should open the part of the
> URL that is displayed in black text. [...]

Nope. The automatic activation including the gray part is a major usability 
enhancement, because it relieves one from having to lift one's right hand 
from the keyboard, and aim for the end key.

If you don't like that, you can always change an address bar's behaviour to 
default to a combobox.

> [...] Because of this, this completion mode is not unintrusive at all, 
> because the user *must* pay close attention [...]

KDE defaults to the combo box which means that the normal user is not 
affected. One has to advertently switch it on, so one cannot claim it caught 
him in the cold.

mfg
	Leo
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