Plasma Desktop UX

[Michal Luscon]

Hi,
I would like to put forward several proposals aimed to increase Plasma 
Desktop usability. As I mentioned in my blog post 
<http://bliak.blogspot.com/2011/05/plasma-desktop-ux-testing_17.html> I 
was conducting usability testing of new widget addition which revealed 
some usability shortcomings. In fallowing lines I will try to outline my 
intended solutions and I am expecting your suggestions or objections.

#1 - no significant GUI action after right click and unlock widget choice
Tested users was really confused because they expect GUI response after 
every of their action in user interface. I think that it would be better 
to show right upper toolbox menu after right click and unlock widget choice.

#2 - horizontal menu Add Widgets does not correspond with previous user 
experience
This is thing to discuss.

#3 - low sensitivity of scrollbar button(arrow icon) in Add Widget menu
Ease to fix.

#4 - some widgets are not movable by dragging the whole surface
My opinion is that all widgets would be movable by dragging their 
surface in the case of unlocked state(touch devices).

#5 - widget's buttons resize, rotate and setup don't contain pop-up help
I made up two possible solutions of this issue - pop-up help :-) or 
special mouse pointers(#6)

#6 - mouse pointer is not changed when it is holding rotate button
Oxygen mouse pointer theme does not contain action pointers(rotate, 
resize, ... )

Michal Luscon



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