toolbars removus

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday 04 February 2005 12:07, Leo Savernik wrote:
> Am Freitag, 4. Februar 2005 19:15 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> > happy friday everyone...
> >
> > for 3.4, can the following icons be removed from konqueror's default
> > toolbars:
> >
> > File Management: cut, copy, paste, print, zooming
>
> cut: no
> copy: no
> paste: no
>
> How does the noob manage his files without them?

the way they've done it for a couple decades on platforms that didn't, and 
still don't, off them on the toolbar: by drag and drop, by using the edit 
menu, and as they progress the context menu and keyboard shortcuts.

this also assumes that "noobs" (ug, what a term) even follow this pattern of 
usage on a common basis. 

> > Web Browsing: cut, copy, paste, find, security
>
> copy: no (one can copy selected text)

konqueror is not an editor. <-- read that again.

should we have a toolbar with copy in KMessageBoxes because you can select 
text in them? of course not. copying text is not a primary use case of web 
browsing, and even when you do it there is the edit menu. it is not worth 
while to keep this on the toolbar, which should be reserved for the most 
common and vital application-specific actions.

just because you CAN perform an action in a given context does NOT mean that 
action belongs in the toolbar. not by a long shot.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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