From kde-usability Fri Jan 11 19:38:50 2013 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Balazs Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:38:50 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: [KDE Usability] Bad Studies Are Worse: About the Recent Results on Detail in Icon Design Message-Id: <14603083.7k6MzGUUgh () rechenknecht> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=135810885915608 RGVhciBtdXRsdSwKCnRoYW5rIHlvdSBmb3IgYXQgbGVhc3QgZ2l2aW5nIHlvdXIgcmVwbHkgYSBz b2Z0ZW5pbmcgZnJhbWUgYmVmb3JlIGNyb3NzLQpwb3N0aW5nIGl0IGFsbCBvdmVyIHRoZSB3b3Js ZC4KCkkgYW0gdmVyeSBoYXBweSB0byB0YWxrIHRvIHlvdSBhbmQgb3RoZXJzIGFib3V0IHRoZSBj cml0aWNpc20geW91IGhhdmUgCihQcmVmZXJhYmx5IGluIHRoZSBjb21tZW50cyBvZiB0aGUgcG9z dCwgc28gb3RoZXJzIGdhaW4gYSBiZW5lZml0IGZyb20gaXQpLiBJIApwZXJzb25hbGx5IHRoaW5r IHRoZXJlIGlzIHNvbWUgbWlzdW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy4gU28gbGV0IG1lIGNsYXJpZnkgYSBmZXcg CnBvaW50cy4KCllvdSBpbnNpbnVhdGUgdGhhdCB0aGVyZSBpcyBhIGNhbGwgdG8gYWN0aW9uCgpZ b3Ugc2F5Ogo+IHBsZWFzZSBkb24ndCBlbmNvdXJhZ2UgdGhlIEYvT1NTIGNvbW11bml0eSB0byBp 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