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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: RFC: Restricting mouse in popup menus
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-05-18 16:36:26
Message-ID: 200505181836.31525.zander () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 18 May 2005 16:52, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> > i'm not sure what problem this is supposed to fix for the   
> > normal user.
>
>   The same that the standalone menubar at the top of the screen tries to
> fix? Something to do with Fitts' Law I think. And, mind you, just like
> the mac-style menubar is not enabled by default, despite generally agreed
> upon to be better, this doesn't need to be either.

I try the Mac-style menubar every couple of months and always its either 
completely broken or simply unusable due to other features not working 
together with it.  Not to be harsh; but quite fundamental changes in usage 
need a lot of maintenance in out rapidly evolving desktop environment.
Are you going to use this feature quite often?  If not then how are we going 
to be sure it still works, and is usefull in 6 months time..

That said; I still have to try the patch and see what it feels like. So 
don't immidiately take this as a negative reply, but just a concern of 
mine. More features is not always bad; I'm a bit concerned about the 
tradeoff on feature-maintenance v.s. usufullness. 

-- 
Thomas Zander

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