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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] On the future of the menubar
From:       Ben Cooksley <sourtooth () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-03-02 3:53:49
Message-ID: b366d7a01003011953w908d64fn2c28caadbfe22bbe () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:56 PM, James Tyrer <jrtyrer@earthlink.net> wrote:
> todd rme wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Is that not true of a PDF viewer? The whole page doesn't fit on a
>>> vertical screen (even less on a widescreen). So why does Okular
>>> still have a menubar?
>>
>> Probably because people who don't want it can turn it off easily
>> enough.
>>
> Quite true and relevant.  SystemSettings should have a MenuBar since the
> user can turn it off if they need the space.

You suggest a setting be added for something that is entirely
redundant ( since all menu bar actions are accessible in the toolbar )
and will just complicate system settings and increase the possibility
for bugs?

>
> I note OTOH, that the tabs can not be turned off so it would be better
> to replace them with a sidebar.

Without taking up large quantities of horizontal space ( not everyone
has a wide screen... ) how do you suggest this is done without a
repeat of the Amarok 1.x method, which as they know, doesn't work too
well and is difficult to read.

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