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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [kpresenter] random things
From:       Lukáš Tinkl <lukas.tinkl () suse ! cz>
Date:       2002-12-24 10:28:01
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Dne út 24. prosince 2002 09:04 Ariya Hidayat napsal(a):
> Here are a few things come to my mind while working on KPresenter:
>
> * Can we change menu 'Screenpresentation' to 'Slide Show' ? This makes more
> sense since we're quite agree on s/Page/Slide.

Yes, I agree

> * The term 'Pen' and 'Brush' are just 'Line' and 'Fill' settings in some
> other applications. Can we use them as well ? IMHO pen and brush are just
> too programmer-minded.

Agree here, too

> * Why is the Outline tab named as 'Outline' ? I don't see any outline in
> there. I guess Agnubis does it right by naming it as just 'Title'.
>
> * Presentation Structure Viewer: this is called Editor from
> Screenpresentation menu. I bet that it should be just viewer (user can't
> edit anything there). Possible idea for workaround: throw away the small
> preview are and make it as floating tool.

I think it used to be an editor, or at least Reggie thought it was gonna be 
one day :)

> * Why do we need 'Help Lines to Front' ? IMHO just visible and invisible
> help lines should be adequate (same goes for grid points). OTOH do we also
> really need menu items regarding help lines/grid points to be in
> context-menu (right click) ?
>
> * Selection tool is named as (see menu) Format -> Mouse. I guess simply
> 'Select' is already good. I also hate the new icon, the old one which
> displays arrow (like a mouse cursor) is clearer than arrow surrounding by a
> frame.
>
> * There are quite number of so-called drawing object (Line, Freehand,
> Bezier Curve, Rectangle, etc) in menu Insert. Wouldn't be better if we
> group it together in one item, say Insert -> Drawing object
>
> * Toolbars are cluttered with unnecessary actions. I mean, yes it's useful
> but aren't we supposed to place only most-frequently used actions in
> toolbar ? Even more, context-menu can be better used for many editing
> actions.

Fully agree here, I also think some toolbars could be disabled (not shown) by 
default

> * Can we assign a shortcut key to 'Star slideshow' action ? During
> presentation editing, this action is often used (at least, that's for me).
> F5 key like in Powerpoint could be a good candidate.

Make sure F5 isn't assigned to anything else (I think it is some 
'insert' asction now)

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Lukáš Tinkl
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