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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Show/Hide vs Checkbox
From:       Aaron Seigo <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-03-30 20:34:26
Message-ID: 200503302034.26340.aseigo () kde ! org
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On March 30, 2005 19:58, Diego Moya wrote:
> The problem is that users really don't read text labels when they know
> what the widget does. It's true that they don't. Using GUIs is habit
> forming, and when it's formed the you work in auto-pilot and don't
> read things. Reading the label only works when learning to use the
> interface, but not after you have mastered it.

you rely LESS on labels as you master a usable interface, but even if you 
master the interface it's rare that you can't remove the labels altogether 
and be as usable.

in kopete there is a toolbar entry for "Show/Hide Offline Users" and it's a 
toggle button. it can be made to work without text because it's one of few 
items in a static location in the interface.

the menus are not toolbars. they contain many seldom used items of varying 
complexity and are contained in usually-hidden frames.

these semantics matter. while many people will end up using toolbars by sight 
and feel alone, few will end up using menus the same way.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
Society is Geometric

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