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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Single vs Multi Window KControl
From:       Christoph Wiesen <chris () deadhand ! com>
Date:       2004-09-03 20:10:10
Message-ID: 200409032209.49028.chris () deadhand ! com
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Am Friday, 3. September 2004 14:40 schrieb Evan:
> What decision do you think will be
> faster and jump out at you more:
>
> -choosing the shortcut 'panel' in a set of 24 options?
> -choosing 'look and feel' in a set of 9 options?

For a user who doesn't recall all of the 24 icons from before definitely the 
latter - remember than every user thinks of a certain change in a different 
way. One user might think "panel" and find what he needs quickly even among 
24 options - but that's the ideal case. Most users won't really know what 
that bar at the bottom really is. And then there's the problem that those 
elements are named differently in every language and I say that it's even 
less logical for many users to look up a setting merely by the name of the 
KDE part the setting applies to since the changed names for german for 
example are even less clear to an average user than they might be in english 
for english speakers.

Dividing unto few(!) clear categories really helps here since a user will have 
a starting point where to look for his setting. If he want's to change the 
background he will look under "Appearance and Themes" and won't have to even 
consider looking at what's under "Sound & Multimedia" or "Security & 
Privacy". In this specific case he might look at "Desktop" as well, but it's 
not always possible to have such clear categories that everything only fits 
in one place - it's still a lot better than reading through 24 or even more 
single and unrelated options.
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