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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    KHangMan popups
From:       Celeste Paul <seele () obso1337 ! org>
Date:       2004-08-31 19:29:01
Message-ID: 20040831152902.0b6a6f96.seele () obso1337 ! org
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Hmm.. I would definitly highlight the letter in the "Misses" section.  I havnt seen \
the interface changes you have been working on but is there anywhere below the \
hangman image box for an additional label such as "You have already guessed the \
letter 'a'."?  This would only appear until the next letter is guessed.  I had a few \
ideas on how to reorganize the interface, such as listing the wrong guesses \
vertically on the left, giving more room for the hangman image box, or listing them \
above the "Letter" text box and moving the word to be guessed closer to the image.  \
Just some thoughts.

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:10:22 -0400
Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> > bad examples of popup windows:
> > 	displaying information which is better organized on the document which
> > created the popup. displaying information which would result in popup
> > windows on a constant basis, such as a popup for a bad guess througout a
> > game.
> 
> Ok, I have an example of that. The KMessageBox (that's the developer name for 
> the widget) that pops up each time you guess an already guessed letter in 
> KHangMan.
> For example, you enter 'a', either it's in the word or in the Misses section. 
> So the 'a' goes somewhere, something happens in the game.
> You enter 'a' a second time and you have the intrusive popup that will 
> disappear after hitting Enter or clicking OK. This popup tells you you 
> already tried that letter.
> I agree that it is intrusive.
> The question is: how do we alert the user that the letter has already been 
> tried? Maybe highlight the already guessed letter a special way and leave it 
> for a few seconds? The statusbar is a bit crowded to add another label. 
> Another possibility is to do nothing (is it necessary to tell the user that 
> the letter has already been guessed?)
> I am very interested in suggestions here to get rid of that popup :) 
> I do hope this discussion will carry on based on that real-life example and 
> then maybe we can try to write down more generally when these messageboxes 
> are used and how to avoid them.
> 
> Anne-Marie
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