[kde-guidelines] List view

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Monday 29 July 2013 16:27:44 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> New substructure adopted
> 
> Old:
> * Provide extended multiple selection with Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click to
> select groups of contiguous or non-adjacent values, respectively.
> New:
> * Do not provide extended multiple selection with Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click
> to select groups of contiguous or non-adjacent values, respectively. Use
> rather the [[Projects/Usability/HIG/SOU_Workspace/Two_Lists| dual-list
> pattern]] because it allows users to easily see which items are selected at
> any point, without having to scroll through the available options. (Once
> the list view is being revised this guideline is subject of change.)

Yes, I think this recommendation works well!
Maybe add ", and it can be used with mouse only" since I think this is an 
important advantage as well.
 
> Again, the Behavior and Appearance sections are very similar to radio button
> and check box. Either we duplicate guidelines or we move it to a separate
> page and refer to it from the pages. What do you think?

Hmm... Tough question. Generally I am not a big fan of duplicating things 
because it makes maintenance more difficult. On the other hand, I don't expect 
these things to change often since they are very basic, and repeating them in 
every relevant HIG makes sure that even people that read only one guideline 
and don't bother reading the general appearance guideline know them.

So I'd vote in favor of redundancy in this case, though centralizing these 
things could be made to work as well.