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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: An idea for KDE4.0-desktop
From:       Alan <ajp () nospam ! org ! uk>
Date:       2005-08-12 17:34:19
Message-ID: 200508121834.19909.ajp () nospam ! org ! uk
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On Friday 12 August 2005 01:23, julian oliver wrote:
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> pretty challenging however. personally i find the mouse-work (look up,
> point up) to be a boring yo-yo and i tire of it quickly. it's obviously
> more mouse-work than that of the current KDE model, there's little argument
> there (visualise working in the Gimp across OSX and then KDE, trace the
> mouse trajectory).
</snip>

This is my contention with the Mac-OS menu positioning on larger monitors. 
Back in the days of yore when I owned a 'Fat' Mac (with a whole 20Mb HDD!) 
and the 9 inch B&W screen the fixed menu position was just fine. 
Now I run a 19 inch CRT and look longingly at matching TFTs and I know, as the 
technology moves on, workstation screens are just going to get bigger and 
bigger so moving a mouse all over the desk to get the pointer from a small 
window at the bottom of the screen to a menu at the top just seems damn 
stupid. Yes, I have heard of mouse acceleration - tried it and hate it!

The Mac paradigm is fine for small screens - when I get my A1 size, curved, 
panoramic super high-definition monitor (I can dream can't I?) a menu miles 
away from my working window is really going to be lunacy.

- Alan

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