My current thoughts

[Christoph Cullmann]

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On Sunday 20 October 2002 17:38, Daniel Naber wrote:
> On Sunday 20 October 2002 16:42, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > By this definition any redesign would be unusable.
>
> Yes it is, to a certain extent (like re-ordering the entries in KControl,
> for example). However, the goal of the redesign is to "get it right" so
> that it can be used for *years*. We have to see how other people build
> their pages so that our users aren't confused too much. Having a three
> column layout layout is very common, a two column layout with a menu on
> the left isn't uncommon either.
Exaclty ;)
Usability is there for our users, not only for me, Neil, or our other devs ;)
If users are used to have 3 columns or a menu at left, use such a design or it 
will horrible confuse them.

>
> BTW, the discussion portal vs. content site is useless IMHO, even Yahoo
> isn't a mere portal anymore (they offer news and services).
>
> Regards
>  Daniel

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Christoph Cullmann
Kate/KDE developer
cullmann at kde.org
http://kate.kde.org
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