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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Menu entry: how to tell that not the whole selection is affected?
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-12-30 8:19:22
Message-ID: 200612300119.22483.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Friday 29 December 2006 14:48, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> gadget. But I think you agree that the fact that some are missed should be
> communicated in a menu entry.

no, actually, i don't agree with this =)

why would i care *in the menu*. think of it as a conversation between two 
people, call them gerry and larry.

Gerry: "Hey, Larry, do you have a list of everyone in the family?"
Larry: "Yep, right here."
Gerry: "Could you send an email to all of them?"
Larry: "Sure, except for Uncle Barry because he doesn't have email."

compare to:

Gerry: "Hey, Larry, do you have a list of everyone in the family?"
Larry: "Yep, right here."
Gerry: "Can you tell me who does or doesn't have email addresses?"
Larry: "Uh, sure. Uncle Barry doesn't have one. Why?"
Gerry: "I want to email everyone. Could you do that for me?"
Larry: "Sure, except for Uncle Barry because he doesn't have email."

in other words, it would seem much more natural to me if the computer told 
me -after- i asked it to take an action if it couldn't do it for certain 
individuals. personally, i'd expect this to happen with a passive popup (so i 
don't have to click further) near my current locus of attention (e.g. where 
the menu entry is/was).

i can then decide if i do or don't want that action to occur.

chances are, i probably know that Uncle Barry doesn't have an email address 
already anyways.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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