[DISCUSS] K HIG Toolbars

[Ellen Reitmayr]

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seele at obso1337.org wrote:
> the HIG isnt meant to stifle innovation or interface evolution. 

.. why not? Of course we should not re-invent the wheel. However,
practices which have not been implemented in KDE so far but have proven
to work well in other desktop environments should be encouraged. I call
this interface evolution and think it's a real challenge for the K HIG -
especially when having a look on KDE4.

Examples are hiding further/advanced options, contextual configuration,
improved drag and drop feedback, improved what's this (just a few topics
being permanently on my mind...). Of course all this makes no sense as
long as there are no classes to support such innovations. Innovation
should be manifested in both, HIG and api. Let's work on that!

LG,
/el


it is
> meant to give developers guidelines on consistency, function and usability
> principles they may not be familiar with.  that doesnt mean developers
> cant think outside the box; the hig just protects users from experimental
> design that hasnt been tested yet.
> 
> 
>>Thomas Zander wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In fact; if you start karbon you will see a toolbar "Tools" appear at
>>>the
>>>top, which would surely look much nicer if it started at the left (or
>>>even floating).
>>
>>There is talk of dropping floating toolbars.  There are some problems
>>with them, but I think that it would be a mistake to drop them -- much
>>better to fix the problems.
>>
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>>JRT
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