[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] kmail's disappearing uitilities and menu items?
From:       "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason () verizon ! net>
Date:       2007-05-18 17:20:56
Message-ID: 200705181320.57048.rtellason () verizon ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 15:51, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Thursday 17 May 2007 07:51, Bill Anderson wrote:
> > On May 16, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 16 May 2007 02:54, Bill Anderson wrote:
> > > One of the principles of usability is not to repeat seldomly used
> > > functionality everywhere. Only often used functionality is added to
> > > the
> > > context menus to keep them relatively small. Obviously, the best
> > > solution would be configurable context menus so that power users
> > > could tweak them to their liking. Maybe sometime in the future this
> > > will happen.
> >
> > That would be nice.
> >
> > in the meantime how about making it an option in the "new folder"
> > dialog? That is IME the most common time it is used.
>
> I'm sorry, but that won't happen. We explicitly removed everything from
> the "New Folder" dialog that's not needed at the time of creation.

Lots of things were removed from there that,  IMNTBHO,  _belong_ there.

> > >> Better yet, have the context menu and leave it at that. It is less
> > >> confusing to users to have the two mean two things. If you insist
> > >> on both, make them the same menu. That is the least confusing to
> > >> new users.
> > >
> > > Again, according to people in the know, an extremely large number
> > > of users never use context menus.
> >
> > In an email client I've yet to see people not use them.
>
> Take my parents for example.
>
> > > If you are interested in usability please discuss this for example
> > > on kde-usability@kde.org. I'm not going to discuss anything about
> > > usability with you because I have finally understood (it took
> > > several years to accept this) that my opinion is (mostly)
> > > irrelevant when it comes to usability. Nowadays, I do strongly
> > > believe in the "You are not
> > > your user." mantra and accept (often after a brief discussion) the
> > > suggestions of our usability experts.
> >
> > Unfortunately, most "experts" have essentially locked themselves into
> > their tower. Of particular problem IMO is the "this works for all
> > applications" rule they seem to have developed.
>
> Luckily, our usability folks don't belong to this group.

Too bad,  if they did then they might have a clue!

-- 
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space,  a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed.  --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James 
M Dakin
_______________________________________________
KDE PIM users mailing list
kdepim-users@kde.org
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]