From kde-usability Sun Oct 14 17:21:41 2007 From: "Jos Poortvliet" Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:21:41 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Some thoughts on toolbars in KDE Message-Id: <5c77e14b0710141021l36270254ua4c81a178f09ab6b () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=119238253624368 On 10/14/07, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > 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. Could you post a screenshot from this and the other thing from kcolorchooser, so it is much more clear what you are talking about? I do have kcolorchooser installed, but not kplayer, and besides, it's always easier to have such things at hand... hint: ksnapshot can snapshot widgets! try "section of window", it's very neat. tnx > -- > JRT > _______________________________________________ > kde-usability mailing list > kde-usability@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability > _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability