[kde-guidelines] Proposed addition to the MessageWidget HIG

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2015 20:17:46 CET Heiko Tietze wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2015 17:29:10 CET Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Do not allow the user to dismiss a message panel (i.e. do not show a close
> > button) if they cannot continue with their workflow until the problem
> > which
> > the message panel informs about is fixed.
> > Example: The user has entered different passwords in a field to set a new
> > password and its confirmation field. The dialog cannot be committed in
> > this
> > state, so the message panel cannot be closed manually, but only disappears
> > when the problem is fixed.
> 
> +1 Alternative examples: "... For example: different/wrong password entered
> = hide the dismiss button, printing failed = show the dismiss/close button)
> 
> At the old page https://community.kde.org/Sprints/UX2011/KMessageWidget
> states are discussed as a) negative feedback (something unexpected happens),
> b) positive feedback (success of critical transactions), and c)
> opportunistic interaction (app triggered information). And a) must not be
> closed but b) and c), which is exactly what is defined in this guideline.
> So we should rather merge it with the updated page. It's a shame that we
> didn't read the good stuff carefully.

Indeed! I've merged the two pages now (omitting the section in the UX sprint 
page about find/replace dialogs because they are not exactly a message panel).

https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/MessageWidget

> Do we have a better icon for dismiss? The colored close X is wrong on the
> background. (ctually icons must not be colored completely.)

we have to request that from the icon team.