[Kde-pim] Fwd: Re: KDE 4.2 Toolbars

Frank Osterfeld frank at kdab.net
Mon Nov 17 12:11:01 GMT 2008



On Thursday 13 November 2008 00:31:46 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > Nuno Pinheiro schrieb:
> > > Well some time ago I sudgested to Celeste  that we should use in the
> > > thoolbars text along side icons instead of text under icons. Couse:
> > > [...]
> > > 2 Saves precious vertical space.
> >
> > That is true, but keep in mind that if you do not run your apps in
> > fullscreen horizontal space becomes more important. I would have to try
> > it if there are apps where that would pose a problem.
> >
> > One would be the German version of Akregator, because of the long text:
>
> or one could fix the toolbars in Akrgator to be more sensible, e.g.:
>
> New Feed:
> 	i hate that word "Feed" btw, it's total jargon; how about "Add News
> Source"? if it wasn't for akregator-in-kontact, i'd even suggest removing
> this from the toolbar altogether
>
> Fetch Feed:
> 	Check for Updates
>
> Fetch All Feeds ... hur what? no, mimic KMail here: have one button with a
> drop down that lists the individual feeds in it, and have the default click
> action to be all feeds
>
> Abort Fetches: wtf? the stop button at the bottom of the window and a menu
> entry  is enough .... this does *not* belong in a tool bar
>
> What is This: another wtf. this so does not belong in the toolbar.
>
> that would leave us with:
>
> Add News Source
> Check for Updates
>
> i assume that even in german that would fit ;)
>
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> Aaron J. Seigo
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Frank Osterfeld -- frank at kdab.net
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