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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: General KDE Usability
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-07-13 18:30:04
Message-ID: 40F42A2C.9000101 () leese ! nl
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Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 July 2004 12:00, kde-usability-request@kde.org wrote:
> 
>>On Monday 12 July 2004 15:47, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>>
>>>Additionally there is an extra kicker button which lets you select
>>>between all installed konqy profiles.
>>>
>>>But I'm afraid this button sin't installed on kicker by default...
>>
>>Wouldn't it be easy and much better to just replace the current
>>Konqueror icon on kicker with this button in the default setup?
>>
> 
> What do others think about this ?
> Currently there is the web browser profile and the file management profile on 
> kicker.
> Now I also think having the "select your konqy profile"-button on kicker would 
> be a good idea.
> This would make three buttons for konqy.
> I'm not sure if one of the two default buttons could/should be removed. 
> But I'm quite sure not many people will find the new button if we don't put it 
> on kicker by default.
> 

This sounds like popup advertising on the web. "Just throw as many 
features at the user as we can! He's bound to click something!".

So how to best serve the user?

1. Provide easy access to the web.
2. Make web browsing as pleasant as possible.

How do we do at the moment?
1. There's a "Web Browser" link on Kicker. With one click you have 
access to the web. Without doing anything unconventional, this is 
probably the best we can do. So: *check*
2. Good defaults is a must ofcourse. We just need to find out what 
'good' really is. Or perhaps the current defaults can't be improved on.

Anyway, I'm trying to say the same thing as before: give the user single 
click access to what he wants - that's the best you can do. Don't try to 
make the user jump through any hoops even if you think it's for his own 
good.

   -- William
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