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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: kcmlocale (fwd)
From:       Hans Petter Bieker <bieker () stud ! ntnu ! no>
Date:       2001-08-17 11:29:05
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Hi!

I'm the maintainer of the Country & Language configuration module in KDE.
Thomas Diehl and I have discussed how this module should look, and we
would love to hear what you think.

Please check of the current version in HEAD.

At the moment we're consentrating on the main page, and how to select
secondary languages. I guess most users doesn't know the concept of
secondary languages (if the first one isn't found, let's try the second),
so it has to be explained somehow.

My implementation is the one in HEAD. Thomas' version is described
below.

The problem with my version is that it's hard to reorder languages. I was
thinking about adding a UP and down button, but I'm not sure if that will
help.

Any ideas?

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:53:11 +0200
From: Thomas Diehl <thd@kde.org>
To: Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@stud.ntnu.no>
Cc: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
Subject: Re: kcmlocale

Am Freitag, 17. August 2001 11:08 schrieb Hans Petter Bieker:

> Please send patches.

Can't create patches. As you know I'm not a programmer.

> So why did you send me the old .ui file if you didn't want it that
> way? ;-) Send me a new one then..

What I sent was just meant as an example how the thing could look after
adding 2 more languages. The rest was explained in the comments:

* By default it could look very similar like the 2.x dialog, execpt
that the language combo would be the last one in the list (changing
places with encoding).

*  Below the default language combo box there would be a "Add Language"
button. (Maybe also a "Remove Language" button (greyed out until there
was an additional language installed), see below.)

*  After clicking on "Add Language" a dialog would appear that shows
all installed languages and tells the user what will happen if (s)he
installs one of them ("If there's no primary language the secondary one
will be used, if neither one is there the third one etc.")

*  After selecting and clicking OK a new combo box appears below the
"Add Language / Remove Language" which shows the secondary language.

*  This procedure can be repeated until there are X languages (3? 5?
infinite?). The user can change the priority of languages by just
selecting another one in the combo boxes.

Only remaining question would be: How to organize the "Remove Language"
thing if there is more than one additional language. Since I presume
combo boxes can not be selected like list entries there should either
be an extra "Remove" button aside of each new language combo or there
would have to be another dialog that asks which of the additional
languages should be removed. The first option is probably better.

Regards,

Thomas


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