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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] select folder on timeout, after navigating to it
From:       Andreas Gungl <Andreas.Gungl () osp-dd ! de>
Date:       2004-01-29 7:00:27
Message-ID: 4018AF8B.10700 () osp-dd ! de
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Don Sanders wrote:
> On Thursday 29 January 2004 09:19, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
>>On Wednesday 28 January 2004 11:59, Till Adam wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>How do you like the timeout approach? The usability folks seem to
>>>be undecided whether it is ok to use a timeout or not. I've come
>>>to quite like it over the few days I've been using it. If you
>>>don't like the timeout, how about using "Enter" as the default
>>>selection key? Or does something else use that?
>>
>>I don't think that Ctrl+Space is such a bad shortcut. After all the
>>user anyway has to press the Ctrl key to choose another folder.
>>"Enter" should probably be the default key for "Open message in
>>separate window". AFAIK this function is currently only available
>>for mouse users which is a bad thing.
>>
>>About the timeout approach, AFAIU the usability folks the timeout
>>would have to be made configurable including the option to turn it
>>off. So that's the downside of the timeout approach: It can't
>>replace the current approach because the current approach is still
>>needed in case selection after timeout is disabled. So it all boils
>>down to the question whether we want to add another configuration
>>option or not. Since I'm not switching folders with the keyboard I
>>can't comment on the usefulness of the timeout approach. Therefore
>>I leave the decision to the other developers.
> 
> 
> I pretty much feel the same way as Ingo. But I'm also okay with just 
> having the timeout configurable in the config file instead of 
> cluttering the UI with more options.

Just my 2 cent, if the selection works correctly again with 
Ctrl-Left/Right plus Ctrl-Space as in KDE 3.1, then that would be okay 
for me. The user has anyway to look for keyboard shortcuts in KMail's 
documentation because some shortcuts are not obvious.

OTOH I've tested Till's timeout implementation and I like it. But in the 
end, it will be a question of a policy. Do we have some in KDE which 
would apply here in this case?

Andreas

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