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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Taskbar RMB popup layout
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-03-09 17:40:31
Message-ID: 200503091040.35059.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 09 March 2005 09:48, Lubos Lunak wrote:
>  And going halfway and doing in the beta phase or not is another question.

the changes in rev 1.15 you mean? yes, those might have been better done 
either earlier or later. it's moot at this point, however.

> > people requested various of those other items. so yes, people do go there
> > to select "move", for instance. why? because the window may not be easily
> > accessible (e.g. off screen, or in the case of one reporter on a
> > different Xinerama screen which had been removed, of all things).
>
>  I specially avoided mentioning this option for that reason. There are some
> actions that may make sense in the taskbar popup as well. But some of the
> options are rather useless there.

resize and shade being two "least useful", yes. shade i can see being used, 
resize is dubious. consistency is useful, however.

>  Alternative. But it's not the same. If you move the Advanced submenu below
> Shade, it will be no longer quickly accessible using Alt+F3.

hrm.. advanced is the most used item?


>  First of all, the user can simply do KDEWM=openbox or whatever, and the
> popups no longer match.

yes, we can only optimize for the defaults.

> And even with KWin there are some entries which 
> Kicker can't easily implement. 

of course. so we get it as close as possible within the bounds of reason.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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