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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Some thoughts on toolbars in KDE
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-10-24 15:12:14
Message-ID: 471F60CE.6020805 () acm ! org
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Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On 10/14/07, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> 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

Here we are.

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JRT

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