From kde-usability Thu Jul 26 12:00:24 2001 From: Denis =?iso-8859-1?q?Br=E6khus?= Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:00:24 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Themeing ? (was: Usability tests should not focus on icons) X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=99614897700598 On Thursday 26 July 2001 08:05 pm, Charles de Miramon wrote: > We should accept that icons are conventions... The newbie user will have to > learn these conventions (like he learned the Windows conventions) but we > should help him with good info-tips and info-bubbles. > > Cheers, > Charles A lot of talk here centers around making Windows users (i.e. the general public) comfortable with using the KDE. While this is a very good motive and necessary focus for a usability study, could some of these needs / wishes be incorporated in themeing ? If a user, new to KDE but familiar with Windows wants to learn KDE, what about the option of selecting a "Windows like theme / style" during setup ? (2.2 has something along these lines, but it mostly deals with decorations AFAIK.) Obviously it's easier to familiarize if the K button has "Start [K icon]" instead of just  "[K icon]"... As a more advanced user would be put off by this, there is no good reason for changing what works for a majority of the user base anyway. I definitely like the KDE styles of 2.1 and 2.2 a lot, much prettier and more elegant than Windows.. A question : What scale is this usability testing supposed to go with ? I have in my circle of friends a number of users that would fit in many different categories, and who have no previous KDE experience, it would be very interesting to let them run such a test. -- mvh Denis Brækhus - ABC Startsiden A/S http://www.startsiden.no _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@master.kde.org http://master.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability