From kde-core-devel Wed Mar 26 18:22:52 2008 From: Michael Jansen Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:22:52 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Fwd: Re: [Patch] System Settings : Improve General/Advanced tabs Message-Id: <200803261922.52902.kde () michael-jansen ! biz> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=120655541620132 Next try. I'm no spammer. Really :-( Am Mittwoch 26 März 2008 18:41:10 schrieb David Johnson: > I'm not so sure. They are toggleable and mutually exclusive like tabs, but > I'm not sure that this exclusivity will be obvious to the user. From the > appearance the user may assume that he can toggle both buttons > simultaneously. > > The tabs communicated that there were two separate sets of settings/icons. > Here's a wild idea: Let's have just one set. Then toggling a single > advanced button would expand the basic set to include the advanced > settings. The advantages of this are that is simplifies the interface (just > one button and just one page) while retaining complete functionality. I agree. Look here http://wiki.ubuntu.com/KubuntuSystemSettingsUsability . That version is back to the roots and i would first check if that mockup was ever implemented and if so when and why those buttons were changed to tabs. Else we will discuss a switch to tabs in say a year or so. Mike -- Michael Jansen Available for contract work ( Development / Configuration Management ) http://www.michael-jansen.biz ------------------------------------------------------- -- Michael Jansen Available for contract work ( Development / Configuration Management ) http://www.michael-jansen.biz