Review Request 108686: hidden items in context menu: usability question

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On Jan. 31, 2013, 8:09 p.m., Edward Hades Toroshchin wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 31, 2013, 8:09 p.m.)
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> Review request for Amarok and KDE Usability.
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> Description
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> Some of the actions in context menu are shown only when the Shift key is pressed. We were wondering, if this were okay at all, and if yes, which hint would be better.
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> To explain a bit more:
> in Amarok 2.5, the context menu (of a track, album etc.) used to have all the options (among others):
>  * Copy to Collection ->
>  * Move to Collection ->
>  * Move to Trash
>  * Delete
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> With goal to (a) make accidental data-loss (or unwanted effect) harder for novice users (b) make the context menu simpler, a fancy "hold Shift to swich to move/dangerous operations" behaviour was implemented:
>  - without Shift held:
>     * Copy to Collection ->   [with "Press Shift key for ..." tooltip]
>     * Move to Trash           [with "Press Shift key for ..." tooltip]
>  - with Shift key held (updates itself immediately after pressing the key):
>     * Move to Collection ->
>     * Delete
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> However, we discovered that discoverability (hehe) is really a problem when even experienced long-term Amarok users didn't know about the way to trigger Move/Delete. What would be the best approach here?
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> Diffs
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/108686/diff/
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> Testing
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> File Attachments
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> Behaviour of Amaork 2.7 with Shift key held
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2013/01/31/hidden_actions.png
> Suggestion to improve discoverability
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2013/01/31/hint_1.png
> Behaviour of Amarok 2.7 without any key held
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2013/01/31/hint_2.png
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> Thanks,
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> Edward Hades Toroshchin
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