hig work

seele@obso1337.org seele at obso1337.org
Thu Jul 28 14:35:51 CEST 2005


sorry about the double post

>
> the reorganization is fine
>
> i think the discussion about the radio buttons was in kde-usability-devel,
> when i find the emails ill send them to you.  i dislike radio buttons in
> general because theyre easily confused or misinterpreted. if its necessary
> to control modes from the toolbar, a drop/pull-down menu is more effective
> and more easily understood.
>
> some of the examples of radio buttons being used was in kmail and one of
> the drawing/art apps (dont remember which one).  some were in the
> traditional format of the round little button with some options, and
> others were toggled icons of which only one could be selected.  i think
> the issue was the toggle icons looked "prettier" than a pull-down so it
> was hard to give up.
>
> toggle icons depicting a mode is a difficult way to display them because
> toggled icons are often used to show "checkable" options from the
> application menus. eg: a check next to bold in a format menu is a toggled
> icon in the toolbar, easily confused with a modal button.
>
> we can bring this up for discussion again if you think its necessary, or
> we can just eliminate the radio buttons without having to fight with
> anyone and let them deal with the loss. i prefer discussing it in our
> small circle and just changing the hig.  let the other people blow hot air
> because there really shouldnt be 100 people putting their 2 cents (or
> whatever small change they use in germany ;) in to the document.
>
> cheers,
>
> celeste
>
>
>
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>> I think we should adjust the structure of the Menus and the Toolbars
>> section to each other. Any preferences?
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>> Otherwise I'll move the current contents of 'The Toolbar' to 'Designing
>> Toolbars' (corresponds 'Designing Menus'), and remove the first section
>> 'The Toolbar'. The chapter structure would then be:
>>
>> Toolbars
>> 	Types of Toolbars and When to Use Them
>> 	Designing Toolbars
>> 	Toolbar Controls
>> 	Standard Toolbar Menus
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>> If you prefer another structure or other headings, let me know.
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>> lg
>> /el
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