[PATCH] Konqueror: website icon in icons visible with close buttons

[Bram Schoenmakers]

Op zaterdag 17 juni 2006 21:28, schreef Olaf Jan Schmidt:

Hi,

> Hidden controls that only appear when you search for them are generally bad
> usability, unless a user test implies otherwise in this specific case. Has
> there been feedback from the usability team?
>
> I also see possible accessibility problems. People who have less control
> over mouse movements would have more problems finding the hidden close
> button than most people, and they might not be able to stop an intended
> click on the icon in time when it suddenly changes to a close button.

OK, I was not aware of the usability and accessibility implications. But from 
my personal point of view, once you set the current option, I lose 
functionality because every tab looks the same to me (at first glance). The 
web icon is a convenient way to locate a tab in the middle of 5 others. You 
may already know that icons work quite well in menus to locate options 
quickly. That was the reason to write this patch.

Of course, we could 'solve' the problem to make yet another configuration 
option, but the tab options dialog in the Konqueror preferences already looks 
quite advanced to me. This issue is too small for that, I think.

> > Is it OK to apply this to the 3.5 branch?
>
> Has this already been applied to head and tested there?

Normally, when I propose a patch, I give the reviewers longer than 30 minutes 
to object before I proceed. So: no, this has not been applied.

Kind regards,

-- 
Bram Schoenmakers
KDE Netherlands (www.kde.nl)

RSIBreak - http://www.rsibreak.org
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