A look at GNOME 2.14, comparison to KDE

Philip Rodrigues philip.rodrigues at chch.ox.ac.uk
Thu Feb 23 21:24:14 CET 2006


On Thursday 23 February 2006 6:17 pm, Janne Ojaniemi wrote:
> On Monday 20 February 2006 23:30, Gábor Lehel wrote:
> > You should check out the Lipstik style, it seems to do rather better
> > in this area:
> >
> > http://img483.imageshack.us/my.php?image=konqueror3ns.png
>
> This screenshot made me think.... Notice how the first line in Konqueror
> has 4 icons, while the second line has just two. Maybe we should strive for
> symmetry here? Instead of having 4 icons in the first line and 2 in the
> second, what if we had 3 icons in both lines? If the user resizes the
> window, or adds stuff (folders, files etc.), the app would try to maintain
> symmetry. Of course, such symmetry wouldn't be always possible, but still.
>
> I think it would look nicer with such a system :). And in case of the
> abovementioned screenshot, the icons would have plenty of space around
> them, without looking like space is being wasted.
>
> Opinions?

This thread should really go to kde-artists or kde-usability, where others who 
are interested/skilled in such things can be found.

Regards,
Philip
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