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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Uasability reports for Korganizer and Konsole
From:       Christian Schrader <Christian.Schrader () gmx ! de>
Date:       2001-08-20 13:00:38
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Hi

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:33:58PM +0100, S A Jarrett-Sprague wrote:
> I have just put the konsole and Korganizer usability reports on my home page.
> 
> Visit www.users.waitrose.com/~sjarrettsprague/

Some remarks to the report on konsole:

#1-2 User interface of 'Terminal'/'Konsole':
> Unlike any other KDE application the toolbar is at the bottom of the
> window rather than at the top. Although not unattractive, if every
> application had the icon bar placed any where the programmer decided
> was best, there would be no uniformity in KDE and the integrated and
> polished feel of KDE would suffer. I suggest that as there is no good
> reason for putting the icon bar at the bottom, the placement of bar
> should default to the standard place. If really necessary, the user
> should be allowed to choose where to place it as he or she can
> currently do with the 'terminal'/'konsole' scroll bar.

That is not a toolbar but a taskbar and it seems that most people have
their taskbar at the bottom (I can't understand that but that another
topic). And it is possible to move it to the position you like (KDE 2.2).

#1-4 'Konsole Handbook':
Konsole is a keyboard-oriented application. But the handbook describes
only the use of mouse and menus. eg that you can change between the
terminals with SHIFT-<CRSR-LEFT> or SHIFT-<CRSR-RIGHT> it is mentioned
somewhere and with some luck you find it... anytime. There should be a
section in which all keyboard shortcuts are listed.

Some functions I'd appreciate:
- It should be possible to release a terminal window and relink ist
  later like it is possible in XChat.
- It would be nice to have something like gnu-client for konsole, 
  so that you can open new terminals inside a konsole from outside.

Christian

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