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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Oxygen animations configuration
From:       "Onur - Hayri Bakici" <thehayro () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-30 23:43:26
Message-ID: 200912010043.26573.thehayro () gmail ! com
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Hey Guys!

I have also the oppinion, that simply on/off is to radical trimming of the option. I \
have a suggestion that is actually working with all users (not just developers like \
us ;) ): An simple and advanced mode. The other options can be hidden under the \
advanced mode settings.

what do you guys think?

greetz

Am Dienstag 01 Dezember 2009 00:19:52 schrieb Hugo Pereira Da Costa:
> Hi Leo,
> 
> Unfortunately I agree with all your points.
> 
> Now: the first option is the one and only you ask for. (it is "turn all 
> on" or "all off").
> 
> The other seven options ... I added them while adding new animations. 
> There is "some sort" of reasoning between them: tab transition for 
> instance, is the only one that can possibly trigger repaints of large 
> portions of the screen. All others are very local.
> 
> I won't try to motivate each of the options. I left it this way because 
> of lack of time and poor usability skills (lack of time being: coding 
> furiously, changing things often, and always postponing the moment where 
> I should ask usability guys for help. My bad.).
> 
> I think On/Off is too drastic (due to the limitation above): glows and 
> fade-in/fade-out, (the first four options) are harmless. Progressbars also.
> 
> Tabs: this can really make your system feel less responsible.
> 
> Labels: the thing is that it is quite a "sensible" animation, and might 
> actually still be buggy (it is hard to test all applications on the 
> market and people do scary things with labels).
> 
> So questions:
> Could there be suggestions for something in-between the single-option, 
> and the current state ?
> Is it too late to have this fixed for kde4.4 ?
> 
> 
> 
> > Just read the update on 4.4 on polishlinux.  Looks cool, but one thing
> > I need to mention:
> > 
> > http://www.santyago.pl/data/santyago/images/kde44-1055000-animated-oxygen.jpg
> > 
> > The Oxygen animations configuration dialog is completely insane.  8
> > options and a dedicated tab for animation?
> > What exactly is the use-case for people to configure animations on 8
> > different GUI elements separately?
> > Animations support in the default theme deserves exactly one option.  On or Off.
> > If one particular animation is offensive to lots of people then it
> > needs to be reworked.  Offering an option to disable them individually
> > is not a solution, and this kind of thing is the reason that people
> > get the impression KDE is complicated.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Leo
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