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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Too many icons in Gwenview toolbar
From:       Michael Rudolph <michael.rudolph () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-02-21 13:34:08
Message-ID: 200802211434.08930.michael.rudolph () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 21 February 2008 13:49:50 Mikołaj Machowski wrote:
> I don't like idea of magnetic slider. It will make impossible to set
> zoom factors like 98 or 101% . Yeah, they can be used.
>

> m.
>
Hello Mikołaj,

I beg to differ. If the ultimate goal in software design is to create 
tools to aid users in their day-to-day work, and not toys to help them 
waste their time, then we will eventually have to make the switch and 
create software that is able to translate from a human beings mental 
model of a task to how this is represented in a computer. Currently 
users have to do the translation theirselves. So instead of 
saying: "zoom in and let me inspect this detail" or "zoom out and give 
me an overview" users have to translate this into how a 
computer "thinks" of zooming.

I'd gladly learn of new use cases where exact zoom levels are useful, 
but until then I'd object your assertion.

michael
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