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[KDE Usability] Configuring toolbarsHey all,
The other day I tried to reconfigure the icons on the toolbar in Kopete (or in fact any KDE application) and didn't think the interface was particularly great or quick to use. I then tried to make a working prototype of how I think it should work. I've got a screencast on my blog http://www.sharpley.org.uk/page/blog/22 Effectively (though I didn't notice at the time) I've ended up designing something identical to how toolbars are configured in Firefox. I'm writing here because I don't claim to actually know anything about usability, and wanted to check that you agreed with the proposed change, before I spend a lot of time working on a proper patch to show the kdelibs guys. David Edmundson _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@... https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability |
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Re: [KDE Usability] Configuring toolbarsOn Sunday 13 September 2009 20:58:32 David Edmundson wrote:
> I then tried to make a working prototype of how I think it should > work. I've got a screencast on my blog > http://www.sharpley.org.uk/page/blog/22 Great work! I see one disadvantage only right away -- extensive mouse movement. So my remarks: * I hope it is sticky d&d (like in panel now) * double LMB in toolbar dialog could append icon at the end of the "active" toolbar * double LMB in toolbar could remove the icon * search editbox in toolbar dialog is missing And if mechanism of toolbars someday will be extended -- management of toolbars: adding, removing, showing/hiding, renaming. Thank you David. Cheers, _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@... https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability |
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Re: [KDE Usability] Configuring toolbarsDavid Edmundson a écrit :
> Hey all, > > The other day I tried to reconfigure the icons on the toolbar in Kopete (or in > fact any KDE application) and didn't think the interface was particularly > great or quick to use. > > I then tried to make a working prototype of how I think it should work. I've > got a screencast on my blog http://www.sharpley.org.uk/page/blog/22 Looks great! I have been working on this some time ago, but didn't find a nice solution for KPart-enabled applications, because in this case there are quite a few restrictions on how you can move toolbuttons around as the KPart buttons must still be grouped together. I would be curious to see how your patch work on Konqueror for example. Aurélien _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@... https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability |
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Re: [KDE Usability] Configuring toolbars> David Edmundson a écrit :
>> Hey all, >> >> The other day I tried to reconfigure the icons on the toolbar in Kopete >> (or in >> fact any KDE application) and didn't think the interface was >> particularly >> great or quick to use. >> >> I then tried to make a working prototype of how I think it should work. >> I've >> got a screencast on my blog http://www.sharpley.org.uk/page/blog/22 > > Looks great! I have been working on this some time ago, but didn't find > a nice solution for KPart-enabled applications, because in this case > there are quite a few restrictions on how you can move toolbuttons > around as the KPart buttons must still be grouped together. > > I would be curious to see how your patch work on Konqueror for example. I did have a think about that, then promptly ignored it. My code was more of a bodge mockup than a patch and it doesn't save the positions of dragged icons. Which is where the kparts problem would occur. I'm currently working on a proper patch where that issue should be present. I think in it's current code design it won't allow you to drag actions from parts into toolbars owned by the main window, and vice versa. However there wouldn't be a clear indication to the user as to why. I'll implement what I can, then come back here and try to come up with a solution to that problem. (from another email) > * I hope it is sticky d&d (like in panel now) What is sticky drag and drop? _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@... https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability |
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Re: [KDE Usability] Configuring toolbarsOn Monday 14 September 2009 12:12:03 david@... wrote:
> > * I hope it is sticky d&d (like in panel now) > > What is sticky drag and drop? Click to drag, click to drop (there is no holding LMB pressed while dragging). Cheers, _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@... https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability |
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