[PATCH]: menu button in window deco
Aaron J. Seigo
aseigo at olympusproject.org
Mon Jul 22 17:53:35 BST 2002
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/me tries to resist, fails.
On Monday 22 July 2002 10:22, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> The fact you didn't notice it (after 5 years of using KDE and probably more
> years of using Windows or CDE) is a strong indication that it does not
> happen by accident.
how do you think i found out about this option?
it happened to me by accident! it also happened to one of my users by
accident. ergo, it _does_ happen by accident.
you may be correct in stating that it doesn't happen very often by accident,
however?
> There is little point in removing it, unless you deliberately want to
> confuse the portion of users that expect it to be there.
damn it. you're on to me! ;-)
seriously though, the convenience via habit for some is a detriment due to
ignorance for others. i think its a shame to leave a poorly designed
destructive method in because a few ppl are used to it. *shrug*
> Doubleclick for closing Windows has been a standard with many window
> managers, including Windows 3.x, mwm and CDE.
we've moved on since then, i hope? well, windows hasn't. bleh.
> Before the 'x' button, it was the fastest way of closing windows.
thank goddess we have an 'x' button then.
ok. that's my last email on this one. i promise. done.
/me creates a kmail filter.
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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