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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Function/Usability review request: how to configure
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2007-08-29 22:39:07
Message-ID: fb4sib$ca0$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>> On Wednesday 29 August 2007, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>>> I'd like to get feedback on this. Does it look Usable/Accessible? Does
>>> it look like it will (be able to) produce satisfactory results?
>> my first thought was, "what is the difference between tinting in and tinting 
>> out?" which led me to wondering how many users would know half the terms in 
>> that dialog =) probably the terms "none" and "fade" would be understandable 
>> to enough people, but the rest seem dicey. the fact that you needed to 
>> explain this all in your email says it all i think =)
> 
> Context help :-). Slightly more seriously, I assume there would be a 
> preview to go with this (which I did not, and don't really want to, mock 
> up in designer). Maybe I will be convinced to drop all but one, but 
> without at least seeing what each looks like, I'm not ready to pick 
> (only) one to keep :-).
> 
>> i'd also leave out the "Configure effects for" label at the top. it just 
>> messes up the layout imho; make the combobox full width instead, perhaps.
> 
> Ok. Actually, boemann complained about even having a combo; from his 
> suggestions (and the realization that actually I really would like a 
> 'colorize' mode) I made Version II, attached. Basically it repackages 
> the same controls (plus one new option) in a slimmer package. There 
> would be two instances of this in appropriately labeled group boxes.
> 
> (Inactive+Disabled - which I hope TT will add because the current 
> behavior (that apparently prefers Disabled over Inactive) is broken - 
> would simply apply disabled effects, and then on top of that inactive 
> effects, so it doesn't need a third config.)
> 
> The dropdown options are:
> first box: shade, darken, lighten
> second box: desaturate, fade, tint in, tint out
> third box: fade, tint in, tint out

and... here's the screenshot I forget.

-- 
Matthew
"So long, and thanks for all the fish" -- the dolphins

["color_state_config_3_plastique.png" (image/png)]

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