Quicklaunch applet: Proposed change to the ordering of icons
Krenar Qehaja
kedadi at gmail.com
Tue Mar 9 23:39:16 CET 2010
On Tuesday 09 March 2010 22:14:40 Ingomar Wesp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Before I submit a corresponding patch, I'd like to ask for feedback on the
> following proposal for the quicklaunch applet:
>
> Currently, icons are arranged in column major order. Thus, when 5 icons are
> displayed in two rows, the indices are distributed as follows:
>
> +---+---+---+
>
> | 0 | 2 | 4 |
>
> +---+---+---+
>
> | 1 | 3 |
>
> +---+---+
>
> I would suggest to arrange icons in row major order instead:
>
> +---+---+---+
>
> | 0 | 1 | 2 |
>
> +---+---+---+
>
> | 3 | 4 |
>
> +---+---+
>
> Pros: The ordering seems more natural to me (maybe because it's similar to
> the flow of text) and would also be consistent with the ordering of items
> in the task bar.
>
> Cons: Users who currently use the quicklaunch applet with multiple rows
> will have the order of their icons changed. They would have to re-arrange
> the icons (once) in order to get the sequence they are used to.
>
> Please tell me what you think.
>
> If the idea is accepted, I will submit a review request for the
> implementation of the change soon.
>
> Thanks,
> Ingo
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+1
Regards,
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Krenar Qehaja
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