Usability questions for Mandelbrot

[Benoit Jacob]

2009/4/8 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:
> On Wednesday 08 April 2009, Benoit Jacob wrote:
>> In locked mode, should mouse wheel do nothing? Or should it have the
>> default effect which is, cycle through virtual desktops?
>
> if the mouse event is not used by the wallpaper, you should not call
> accepted() on the event. this lets it pass through and the widget/containment
> using the wallpaper can then do whatever it wants with it.

OK, that's the current behavior.

>> In unlocked mode, should the mouse pointer become a little hand (or
>> something like that) to indicate that the view can be dragged? Or
>> should we keep the default pointer?
>
> sounds like we have a documentation problem, and that we should have a way to
> tell the user what they can do with a particular wallpaper. this probably
> makes the most sense in the configuration? perhaps this could go into the
> .desktop file as part of the Comment= and it could be harvested from there and
> shown in the UI.

OK, I leave the default pointer and i agree it's a documentation
issue. I'd welcome any way to include a bit of documentation in the
UI. I guess that theoretically that's what KHelpCenter is for, but as
a KDE user I've developed a reflex of closing the KHelpCenter window
as soon as it appears (because it's long to start and its docs are
often outdated).

Cheers,
Benoit