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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Some thoughts on toolbars in KDE
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-10-14 6:17:08
Message-ID: 4711B464.6000204 () acm ! org
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Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Hans Chen wrote:
>>>> Well, it has 2 icons for the most common zoom views, so I'm not sure
>>>> if it's needed. Yet, maybe it's possible - I'd say provide a mockup
>>>> ;-)
>>> I probably do that tomorrow - after my exam.
>> ... And it's finished!
>> http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7440/widgetek9.png(~605 KB)
>> Please notice that the widget acts differently depending on where you
>> hover/press.
>>
>> Well, what do you think?
> 
> Why not just use a normal combo box instead of inventing something new? 
> (Especially as "consistency" is one of the rules of UI design...)
> 
Because this design is more intuitive than using both a slider and a 
combo box.

Actually, it isn't new since I have found (KPlayer) a slider with a 
button to move it at each end.  I think that it is actually three 
widgets as the arrow buttons are rather large.

You can make this by combining existing widgets, but I thought that it 
would take up less space if it was a single widget.

-- 
JRT
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