Better default toolbar setting

[Eva Brucherseifer]

Am Samstag, 2. September 2006 07:41 schrieb Stefan Monov:
> On Saturday 02 September 2006 04:20, Iñaki wrote:
> > http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=28160&vote=good&tan=4001
> >08 02
>
> Opening this URL automatically votes good.
>
> >  - "The icons should also have text beside them to explain what they
> > are."
>
> 1. It's ugly.
> 2. It's unnecessary, and if it isn't, then the icon needs to be improved. 

I've configured konqueror so that the text is under the icons - I think Mac 
has that too. 
I use konq since 6 years in daily life and I know the icons quit well. You can 
call me an experienced user who is looking for optimized workflows that don't 
need much thinking and prevent errors. 
I switched about a year ago and still it improved usage for me quite a lot. 
Esp. since icon buttons are larger now and quicker to use. If you accidently 
hit the wrong button in a webbrowser this usually takes quite some time to 
revert due to loading times. Also icon + text gives better recognition to me, 
since the browser icons (back, forward, etc) became to similar.

I agree that it sometimes looks ugly, but only if the text is much too long. 
E.g. I have 2 buttons "Schrift vergrößern" and "Schrift verkleinern" and the 
text is simply too much. KGet has a button named "Dateitransfer-Verwaltung". 
Ugh...
Btw, I am using a small font for all toolbars. 

This is of course only one users experience, I agree. Still I think this 
config option should be there, it should be easier to turn it on) and it 
should be better maintained (wrt to too long action names). 

Cheers,
eva


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