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What do we do well, and what do we need to work on, to avoid duplication of work, and keep users understanding how to use our product | What do we do well, and what do we need to work on, to avoid duplication of work, and keep users understanding how to use our product | ||
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== Plasmoids and windows == | == Plasmoids and windows == | ||
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How do we keep people knowing if they are using a tear-out widget, or a plasmoid, or a panel, or a window, or a tool-tip, or a notification | How do we keep people knowing if they are using a tear-out widget, or a plasmoid, or a panel, or a window, or a tool-tip, or a notification | ||
== Buttons & hyperlinks vs mouse over vs danger items == | == Buttons & hyperlinks vs mouse over vs danger items == | ||
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| + | System Settings does not honor this, and is confusing because it requires double clicking to open a safe item when double click in file manager is on. | ||
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Icons in a filemanager represent a file, and activiation may harm the system, so double-click has been a common way to open them. | Icons in a filemanager represent a file, and activiation may harm the system, so double-click has been a common way to open them. | ||
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Single click buttons must be safe / require confirmation before doing something dangerous | Single click buttons must be safe / require confirmation before doing something dangerous | ||
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== Global vs Local settings == | == Global vs Local settings == | ||
| − | + | Application override of global Configuration is not standardized. | |
| + | We should make the kconfigure keep a mask for every application to override global settings. This way we don't have to make each program do extra stuff. | ||
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A person may want konqueror to always do things with single click, and dolphin to respect danger-item-activation | A person may want konqueror to always do things with single click, and dolphin to respect danger-item-activation | ||
What do we do well, and what do we need to work on, to avoid duplication of work, and keep users understanding how to use our product
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How do we keep people knowing if they are using a tear-out widget, or a plasmoid, or a panel, or a window, or a tool-tip, or a notification
System Settings does not honor this, and is confusing because it requires double clicking to open a safe item when double click in file manager is on.
Icons in a filemanager represent a file, and activiation may harm the system, so double-click has been a common way to open them.
Single click, hyperlinks must be safe, typically give indication by cursor change, or color change
Single click buttons must be safe / require confirmation before doing something dangerous
Application override of global Configuration is not standardized.
We should make the kconfigure keep a mask for every application to override global settings. This way we don't have to make each program do extra stuff.
example: A person may want konqueror to always do things with single click, and dolphin to respect danger-item-activation
Most people seem to prefer pop-ins, There are a few important instances when to use pop-ups, and a few
Settings vs configure
KDE TechBase 