'Re: [KDE Usability] Display Management Design'

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Subject: Re: [KDE Usability] Display Management Design
From: Lukas <1lukas1 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-08-01 13:55:03
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> > I'm not part of the official usability task force, but I would like to
> make a
> > small comment on this mockup.
> >
> > To me, that red cross looks like that  screen is broken/not working/not
> > available (e.g. due to missing drivers) which of course is unfortunate.
> > A green check is always nice, telling the user "You did the right thing,
> it is
> > working". That yellow star however does not show whether this screen is
> > properly running or some kind of "favourite display" (whatever that may
> be)
> > which yet needs to be activated.
> >
> > Also the switch "Primary | Enabled | Disabled" is strange to me.
> > It implies that there is a fundamental difference between "Enabled" and
> > "Primary", like there's a third state in between "On" and "Off".
> > I personally find that confusing. It also forces you to decide something
> you
> > may have no knowledge about ("What is the difference between Enabled and
> > Primary?") at a point you may not care about ("Just turn that thing
> on!").
> > Selecting a different monitor and putting it into Primary mode will
> > automagically change the previous primary to "Enabled". I know there is
> no way
> > of avoiding this as there can only be one primary screen, but a simple
> > checkbox wouldn't be this intrusive.
>
> I agree. Those needs to be separated IMO. If we want to go the icon way,
> then we can use a gray/green checkbox for disabled/enabled and a
> gray/yellow star for secondary/primary.
>

I've moved star icon to upper left corner, so you can star primary monitor.
The enabled/disabled uses usual check/cross marks respectively.

About wherever to show resize/reotate/etc icons on hover. Why not to fade
them down to like 20-50% opacity and restore when mouse enters monitor zone?

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<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">&gt; I&#39;m not \
part of the official usability task force, but I would like to make a<br>

&gt; small comment on this mockup. 
&gt; 
&gt; To me, that red cross looks like that screen is broken/not working/not 
&gt; available (e.g. due to missing drivers) which of course is unfortunate. 
&gt; A green check is always nice, telling the user &quot;You did the right thing, it \
is &gt; working&quot;. That yellow star however does not show whether this screen \
is &gt; properly running or some kind of &quot;favourite display&quot; (whatever \
that may be) &gt; which yet needs to be activated. 
&gt; 
&gt; Also the switch &quot;Primary | Enabled | Disabled&quot; is strange to me. 
&gt; It implies that there is a fundamental difference between &quot;Enabled&quot; \
and &gt; &quot;Primary&quot;, like there&#39;s a third state in between \
&quot;On&quot; and &quot;Off&quot;. &gt; I personally find that confusing. It \
also forces you to decide something you &gt; may have no knowledge about \
(&quot;What is the difference between Enabled and &gt; Primary?&quot;) at a point \
you may not care about (&quot;Just turn that thing on!&quot;). &gt; Selecting a \
different monitor and putting it into Primary mode will &gt; automagically change \
the previous primary to &quot;Enabled&quot;. I know there is no way &gt; of \
avoiding this as there can only be one primary screen, but a simple &gt; checkbox \
wouldn&#39;t be this intrusive. 
</div>I agree. Those needs to be separated IMO. If we want to go the icon way, 
then we can use a gray/green checkbox for disabled/enabled and a 
gray/yellow star for secondary/primary. </blockquote><div> I&#39;ve moved star icon to upper \
left corner, so you can star primary monitor. The enabled/disabled uses usual \
check/cross marks respectively.

About wherever to show resize/reotate/etc icons on hover. Why not to fade them \
down to like 20-50% opacity and restore when mouse enters monitor \
zone? </div></div>

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