[PATCH] enhancing kicker menu extensions

[Stefan Taferner]

On Monday 15 March 2004 18:26, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Monday 15 March 2004 15:51, Klas Kalaß wrote:
> > On a very quick scan of your patch (forgot to attach a new file?) I could
> > not see how you make sure that
> > those strange Menu/Action/Button hybrid things actually distinguish
> > themselves graphically from simple menus. I am amazed that with all this
> > usability discussions going on, nobody seems to have objected yet.
>
> I don't agree.
>
> 1.) IMO the simple/basic/obvious/easy-to-use functionality is provided by
> the normal konsole application button in kicker. You click it and you get a
> new konsole.
> The current Konsole sessions button takes this basic functionality *away*
> and leaves you only with the advanced functionality: choose which session
> type you want.
> The "enhanced" Konsole sessions button preserves the basic functionality of
> the normal konsole button (which I think is the desired functionality in
> most cases), while adding the enhaced functionality in an unobtrusive way.
> The newbie user can still click the button and gets a new konsole. If he
> thinks "Now let's try something advanced and hold the button for a moment"
> he gets added value, he can choose the session type.

IMO its like the navigation buttons in kicker, or the reply and the forward 
button in kmail.

Kind regards,
Stefan