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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Kicker button behaviour is undefined
From:       Jono Bacon <f9808590 () wlv ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2001-04-05 2:56:36
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On Wednesday 04 April 2001  8:47 am, Ryan Burkett wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the "clickable" area for the buttons in Kicker representing running
> applications?  Normally, even if your mouse pointer is a couple of pixels
> below the button border, you can still activate it.  Personally, I like
> this behaviour because you don't have to aim your mouse very precisely-- as
> someone pointed out in a bug report, you can "throw" your mouse to the
> screen border and click to switch easily between programs.
>
> However, if you enable and then immediately disable Automatic Hiding
> (Control Panel -> LookNFeel -> Panel), the behaviour changes.  Now you must
> click within the button border.
>
> This is a small issue, but it keeps generating confusion.  Which is the
> correct behaviour?  If we can decide on this, a fix could be created that
> solves a number of outstanding bugs, including:
> http://bugs.kde.org/db/10/10643.html,
> http://bugs.kde.org/db/15/15050.html
>
> Who dictates what the correct behaviour should be?

The users should dictate the behaviour. Kicker is another area that the study 
will identify.

I have been increasingly thinking of making the study individial in many 
cases to individual applications as well as a general KDE test.

	Jono

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Jono Bacon - [vmlinuz] - jono@kde.org
KDE/Qt Developer
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