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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Users cannot find where to "safely remove" USB
From:       Arnold Krille <kde () arnoldarts ! de>
Date:       2010-04-04 21:11:22
Message-ID: 201004042311.28516.kde () arnoldarts ! de
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On Sunday 04 April 2010 23:04:30 Shaun Reich wrote:
> I must press you to look at this image, if you for some reason think that
>  we are the only ones who do this.. http://tinyurl.com/yzsa4mk*
> *The eject icon and the associated action is quite straight-forward. It is
>  a metaphor used all over in the world of computing and a very good one, if
>  I may say so myself.
> Anyways...it would be interesting to find out if part of the issue is the
> fact that the eject icon changes it's visiblity based on the mouseover
> status. I could see how it could be a bit unexpected: i.e. it's difficult
>  to find that which you can't initially see.
> But then again, I would also assume that the user has to mouse over the
> device anyways to see what actions he wants to do with it (even if it were
> right clicking).

Please don't hide the icon completely. Make it soft when the mouse isn't over 
it, make it grey but don't hide it completely.
There is no such thing as "mouseOver" with most touch-screens...

Arnold

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