[kde-guidelines] Phrasing of selection teasers

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On 04.09.2013 13:05, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> On 03.09.2013 15:47, Diego Moya wrote:
>
>> The dual-list pattern *is* outdated - it's a remanent of a time where
>> list views couldn't show checkboxes for checkable items and required
>> ctrl+click for multiple selection. Adding a column with checkboxes to
>> items in the selection list eliminates the need for a second separate
>> list, and provides a simpler interaction, where a multiple selection is
>> made with a single click on each selected item, instead of requiring a
>> second click on the horizontal "add/remove" arrows.
>
> Sorry, but no. If you have a long list ("long" being anything from a few
> times the number that can be seen without scrolling to huge numbers),
> using checkboxes does _not_ work well at all. Once you've arrived at the
> bottom of the list, you cannot remember which items you selected at the
> beginning of the list, so you keep scrolling back and forth through the
> list, desperately trying to remember which items you've selected.
> Relying on memory is hardly ever better than making things always visible.

I have to add to that: This is argument is of course only valid if it's 
actually important to remember which things you've selected.