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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Inconsistent messages in Add Applet ...
From:       Zak Jensen <coolguyzak () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-09-28 23:48:17
Message-ID: 21bb44f30509281648625f4628 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 9/28/05, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 September 2005 10:33, Mashrab Kuvatov wrote:
> > with a list of applets and special buttons (!). In case of special buttons
> > add applet to panel (in fact, all references to applet)  is not valid
> > anymore.
>
> the point is that users don't know the difference between "special buttons"
> and "applets". for instance, people would look in "Applets" for the K Menu or
> Window List buttons, but they aren't applets, they are "special buttons". so
> i lumped them all together so people don't have to know the internal workings
> of kicker to be able to use it.

With the advent of Plasma, one could apply a similar reasoning to the
decision to lump special buttons in with applets: Special buttons are
really just a "type" of applet... at least from a user's perspective.
This goes hand in hand with the train of thought that an icon in
Plasma is still a plasmoid.

> > I'd suggest to call the top level just "Add" or "Add Applet" and remove
> > any reference to special button. It'd make it less technical.
>
> how would one distinguish between adding an applicaton and adding an applet,
> then? they are two different entries and they aren't going to be merged into
> one.

I don't quite understand this part. Could one of you elaborate on what
you're talking about? Are you talking about adding an application
launching button?

-Zak Jensen
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