[Panel-devel] Kickoff should require click to change tabs

[Robert Knight]

> 2) it feels slower. well, it's not. it's actually faster, at least according
> to the timings i've done.

I cannot comment on whether it is actually faster or not, but I would
argue that actual user performance in this case is not important.
Perceived performance matters more.

In my case I felt more comfortable with switch-on-click, which is how
Kickoff/KDE 4 originally worked.  This eliminates the annoyance
associated with mis-hits at the expense of requiring more clicks.
Since a click is not an "expensive operation" for me, this is not a
problem.  However, given that the stated goal was to copy Kickoff/KDE
3 as closely as possible, switch-on-hover is the "correct" default
behaviour.

Regards,
Robert.

On 17/12/2007, Chani <chanika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > One cannot accidentally change tabs by hovering another one when moving up,
> > because if you do it at a reasonable speed, it will not be activated.
>
> nonsense.
> remember, laptop 'mice' suck. the trackpad is small, and it's impossible to go
> in a straight line. I often nick the applications tab on my way from the
> favourites tab to the actual items.
>
> that said, I actually quite like the interface. not having to click is worth
> the occasional mis-hover, for me. :)
>
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