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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Too many icons in Gwenview toolbar
From:       Aurélien Gâteau <aurelien.gateau () free ! fr>
Date:       2008-02-21 22:47:58
Message-ID: E1JSKCt-0001fL-Ek () trinity
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Michael Rudolph wrote:
> 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.

Hum... if you want to make it real simple to "zoom in and inspect this
detail", you should not got for a slider in the status bar. A
zoom-under-cursor feature would be much more efficient. Jos already filled
a report for this. It was in Gwenview 1.4 and will be added back in
Gwenview 2.

Aurélien

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