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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [patch] Making it harder to accidentially quit a system tray
From:       Aaron Seigo <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-02-15 21:34:55
Message-ID: 200502151434.55998.aseigo () kde ! org
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On February 15, 2005 14:31, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 February 2005 6:26 pm, Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> > The attached patch fixes this by disabling Quit for a very short period
> > (0.3s).
> >
> > Please review.
...
> That is, you would not be allowed to "Right mouse down... move up... right
> mouse up" to quit *at all* - you would have to right mouse, release, press
> quit with the left mouse..

i'm really hesitant to introduce "magic" behaviour to GUI elements due to 
context. people will not grok why it is inconsistent and and think it's a 
bug. inconsistencies result in a lack of trust of the UI ("it's random!").

as for the 0.3s, the timing issue is a hard one. if it's too short, it doesn't 
solve anything. if it's too long, people will complain that the Quit action 
doesn't work sometimes. and it isn't long enough, people will still 
accidently quit the app.

this is why i didn't implement a hack, but instead put in a dialog box. seeing 
as exactly 0 external users have mentioned that dialog box during the betas i 
don't think it's a problem. the fact that only those who saw the commit claim 
it will be an annoyance makes me suspect that it's ok. =) or is anyone aware 
of people using the beta, coming across the new dialog and having problems 
with it?

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
Society is Geometric

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