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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Enhancement: disable reason
From:       Joseph Garvin <k04jg02 () kzoo ! edu>
Date:       2005-07-11 12:20:10
Message-ID: 42D263FA.9060705 () kzoo ! edu
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Tim Hutt wrote:

>Anyone techie 
>enough to use KDE definitely would.
>
There's a dangerous statement. Usability is all about reaching out to 
non-techies, no?

That said, the messages the user would get would be of varying 
complexity. In the case of sleep mode, it can be as simple as opening 
control center and enabling it. _Optimally_ I think, when you clicked 
the button, it would explain why it won't work, and _if possible_ give 
you the option to make it work (e.g. Do you want to enable KDE power 
management?)

At a certain point, a verbose enough message for that nice intermediate 
geek next door to figure out maybe the best you can do :)
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