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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Confusion over 'you wrote'/'fred wrote'
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2001-12-31 13:18:53
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On Monday December 31, 2001 03:45, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Monday 31 December 2001 10:48, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > KMail is a graphical mail client, not a text-based one, that's why.
>
> Then why do we constantly get complaints that using KMail without a
> mouse should be improved? Even if KMail is a GUI mail client this
> doesn't mean that you mustn't use keys instead of the mouse.

I agree that KDE apps should be keyboard usable as well as mouse usable.  
But keyboard usability shouldn't be treated as a substitute for the normal 
graphical representations.

> > Because KMail is a graphical client, and that feature has no
> > graphical presence whatsoever, I had no idea that feature existed.
> > Obviously the original suggester never saw it, either.  Does anyone
> > who doesn't follow KMail development know about it?
>
> Sorry, but that's complete BS. Of course we have a GUI representation
> for this. It can be found in the Message menu. GUI programs don't need
> icons for every feature. Only the most common features should also be
> represented by an icon. For all other features it's enough to list them
> in the (pull down) menus (and maybe some context menus) especially if
> we lack a good icon for this feature.

You said "via the rmb menu," then I responded to that, and then to respond 
to me you say "in the Message menu."

I couldn't actually run KMail to see (I'm getting a crash on startup which 
I'm now investigating) but if it's in the Message menu why didn't you just 
say so in the first place?

-- 
Neil Stevens
neil@qualityassistant.com

Don't think of a bug as a problem.  Think of it as a call to action.
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