the "terminal sessions" kicker button behaviour...

[Friedrich W. H. Kossebau]

Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2004 21:03 schrieb Aaron Seigo:
> On February 17, 2004 12:48, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > Now with kde 3.2 I think this kicker terminal sessions buttons is the one
> > who behaves inconsistent to the rest of kde.
> > In konqueror the up, back and forward toolbar button and in kmail the
> > check mail, reply and forward buttons all feature the old behaviour:
> > clicking executes the default action and keeping pressed opens the menu.
> > Can we please revert the kicker terminal sessions button to this
> > behaviour
>
> but the konsole sessions button isn't in konqueror or kmail, or even on a
> toolbar. it's on the panel, and every other panel button behaves this way,
> including the Preferences menu button.
>
> as you noted, it was determined to be inconsistent and not to follow the UI
> guidelines. for menus and panel buttons, that is.

Hm... does nobody else see the panel as the toolbar of the desktop? Why do we 
make a distinction here? Is it due to app-centric thinking?

Friedrich