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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: programmer organization
From:       Alistair Davidson <lord_inh () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-09-07 22:56:44
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Matt Clark wrote:

>You betcha!  I believe that we could solve a whole bunch of the usability 
>issues if the usability team could get organized and have some input on 
>release candidates of KDE.  Here is a simple example.
>
>Infomation overload in a UI intimidates the user.  If you give someone too 
>many choices, they won't choose anything at all.  KDE suffers terribly from 
>this problem, and needlessly.  Look in Kmenu under graphics for the "KDE 
>Screen Ruler".  Who in the world except a KDE developer is ever going to need 
>that feature?  Further, how much does it have to do with a "Fax viewer", also 
>in the graphics menu?  It isn't logical, and it shouldn't be there.  It 
>should be in a toolbox somewhere so people who want it can install it.
>
Agreed. I'm a relatively new KDE user, and the confusingly large number 
of menu options was the first bad thing that I noticed. Admittedly, I 
haven't checked out 2.2 yet, which is why I've been silently lurking up 
to this point.

(PS, sorry for posting from windows, my only working modem is soft :-(  )




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