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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] KMix UI orientation
From:       Aurélien_Gâteau <agateau () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-05-30 8:55:14
Message-ID: 1954065.8Yzct3vnJa () trinity
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Le lundi 28 mai 2012 11:58:22 todd rme a =E9crit :
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar@autistici.org> =

wrote:
> > On Thursday 24 May 2012 12:00:36 Trever Fischer wrote:
> >> > I agree with this: multiple sliders in the popup is too much and goes
> >> > in
> >> > the way of quickly adjusting current volume.
> >> =

> >> I dunno. I rather like Windows 7's slider:
> >> =

> >> http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audio/win7_desktop.png
> >> =

> >> If you want to quickly adjust volume, most keyboards these days have
> >> hotkeys. And if you don't have hotkeys, you've got a scrollwheel that
> >> you can use on the volume icon.
> > =

> > Honestly: How often do you adjust other values than the master volume?
> > Me, once I've found a good balance between system sounds, music and voi=
ce
> > chat applications, I rarely ever touch the configuration again.
> > I usually only change the master volume ad hoc if for example I was
> > listening to music and somebody starts talking to me (in real life). In
> > these cases I want to turn the volume down quickly.
> > If you adjust the other values more often, tell us in which situations =
and
> > if these situations look like many users may encounter them, you have
> > convinced me ;)
> =

> What about having one slider by default, but having a button that
> causes the popup to expand out and show the other sliders?  That way
> users normally only have to deal with one slider, but have easy access
> to the others when they need them.
A popup with a single slider + button to open the multi-slider dialog shoul=
d =

be enough. I don't think we need an intermediary multi-slider popup.

Aur=E9lien
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