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Subject: Re: Regarding KO 2.0 goals - feel of the startup screen (RFC)
From: Jaroslaw Staniek <js () iidea ! pl>
Date: 2006-07-18 17:56:56
Message-ID: 44BD20E8.1010200 () iidea ! pl
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Thomas Zander said the following, On 2006-07-18 10:34:
> Why would it not fit in the template dialog? You would benefit from the
> extensive work many people did on that dialog to make it the best
> usability wise and technically.
> I fail to see how kexi functionality can not be modified to fit with the
> template idea making it really integrate.
I guess you have read entire text in my post, and I talked to you about what's
this about. So again: this is not about removing the current API or the
behaviour. It's about going forward a bit with fresh view for KDE4,
_refreshing_ the whole stuff a bit. There are a few points how we can do that.
http://kexi-project.org/pics/2.0/koffice/kpresenter_welcome_chalkboard1.png
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1897/1009/1600/startupdialog.png
Of course I hope Kexi functionality will be aligned to meet the requirements
of _modern_ application, the one that acts modern and looks modern.
For those who say the mockup is too large: it can be way smaller to fit in
800x600, I just didn't focus on shrinking it.
Perhaps we can come to a conclusion that is both compatible with most of the
usability theory and the desire to get more users outside of our `ghetto'?
> The way kexi now handles opening or creating is certainly in need of
> improvement; too many dialogs and steps making the user feel lost.
- "too many dialogs" is wrong indeed, so I have just one: the new mockup and
webpage-like interface (nothing new since a while, you know) demonstrates it
quite well; morover current Kexi startup dialog embeds the filedialog --unlike
koffice dialog which pops up another-level filedialog
- "too much steps" - sorry I still does not understand - we've minimized the #
of steps to the minimum by defining sane defaults, how do you want to minimize
further the operation of setting up a server database? Regarding to file
database the # of steps is 3 (we can also remove a question about the project
name decreasing it to 2). KWord has 2 steps too: 1. select template, 2. select
filename, (2. step is just delayed). What's a problem?
> I suggest you work in that direction, and I suggest you talk to the people
> from openusability who are experts in knowing what will have the best
> impression.
Agreed. The mockups are the 1st step to do so. That was the easiest way to
show what I am talking about.
--
regards / pozdrawiam,
Jaroslaw Staniek / OpenOffice Polska
Sponsored by OpenOffice Polska to work on
* Kexi & KOffice: http://www.kexi-project.org | http://koffice.org/kexi
* KDE3 & KDE4 Libraries For Developing MS Windows Applications:
http://www.kdelibs.com
See also:
* Kexi For MS Windows: http://kexi.pl/wiki/index.php/Kexi_for_MS_Windows
* Kexi Support: http://www.kexi-project.org/support.html
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