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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] KMix UI orientation
From:       David Edmundson <david () davidedmundson ! co ! uk>
Date:       2012-05-26 7:23:48
Message-ID: CAGeFrHCdBxz3_QjNv0fRbgve8cLTDLbmj5e4=uEBFprd6H36ow () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Hannes Kuhnert
<hannes@froschmaschine.net> wrote:
> Trever Fischer schrieb:
>> Does KMix really need vertical slider orientation?
>
> I think so.
>
> For me the vertical layout is far more intuitive than the horizontal one.=
 And
> it corresponds well with the scroll wheels of standard mice.
>
>> From a technical aspect, removing the vertical layout would clean up a
>> lot of the code.
>
> Abandoning KMix totally would clean up the code even more =85
>
>
> I found another usability problem in KMix. When not using the system tray
> icon, I would expect KMix to really quit, when closing the mixer window. =
But
> it doesn=92t.
>
> In that respect it behaves like some kind of malware. There=92s no window=
 or
> icon anymore, but the program is still running.
>
> Any comments on that?
>
But if it is closed completely your volume keys wouldn't work.

So it's open for a good reason, which I would hardly count as
"malicious" . More in the same group  as kded.

>
> Hannes
>
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