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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: konqueror's kpart system usability
From:       Iñaki <ibc2 () euskalnet ! net>
Date:       2006-07-28 17:51:59
Message-ID: 200607281951.59858.ibc2 () euskalnet ! net
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El Viernes, 28 de Julio de 2006 16:24, Yanis Kekatos escribió:
> Konqueror's ability to display a lot of different types of files using
> the kpart system is one of its greatest advantages.
> Though it introduces a lot of usability issues that needs to be solved.
>
> Two of the most important ones are the following:
> - The position of the context (kpart) toolbar. Now it's located under
> the konqueror's location toolbar. I think this is a bad choice for two
> reasons:
> Firstly when somebody switch to another tab of konqueror, the position
> of the tab bar is moved up and down because some tabs have only
> konqueror's toolbars and others have also the kparts' toolbar. So the
> user can't predict what the position of the tab bar will be.
> Second it would be much better if the the kparts' toolbars are located
> 'inside' the tab widget, at the top of it. MS Internet Explorer 7 is
> implemented in a similar way, although it doesn't have any kpart
> similar system (screenshot: http://flickr.com/photos/tk16/29925763/ ).
> This way, it will be more intuitive which toolbar belongs to konqueror
> and which to the active kpart.Moreover the tab bar will be always on
> the same position.
> - The second issue is what menu elements are referred to konqueror
> actions and what to the kpart object. Right now,it's really difficult
> to tell what belongs to konqueror or to the kpart. I have come with
> two solutions. The first (that I don't recommend because it will
> clutter the interface) is to create a new menu bar for the kpart
> object inside the tab widget next to the kpart's toolbar. The second
> (and best IMHO) one is to make each kind of the two types of menu
> elements different using a visual approach (e.g. slightly different
> background color).
>
> A last issue is to establish a universal way of opening files using
> kparts or using the stand alone applications. Right now,  when you
> click on the files some of them(pdf,pics) are opened using kparts and
> others (texts) use the applications. I'm not sure what approach should
> followed for this issue.


I hope you like this mockup:

  http://konqueror4.linuxdevel.net

and you can read the explanation document where I tell the same about kpart 
toolbars:

  http://konqueror4-explain.linuxdevel.net

Regards.

-- 
Iñaki
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