[rekonq] Improvements for 0.3

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos]

Am Mittwoch 26 August 2009 20:21:15 schrieb Lionel Chauvin:
> > > To be honest, I'm quite uncomfortable with this decision: This sounds
> > > more like a GNOME solution, where the developers decides how the UI
> > > *must* look like. In KDE you have the power to customize the UI to your
> > > needs, which imho is the better way. Example:
> > > Before this functionality was removed, I was able to change the size of
> > > the icons in the toolbar, which was quite handy imho.
> 
> Yes it looks like a Gnome solution.
> 
> To simplify:
> Gnome applications are well designed for their task (not always true ^^) but 
> they are not customizable.
> Kde applications are customizable but they are not well designed by default.
> 
> I influence the Rekonq project in this way, because I would like KDE devs take 
> more attention on the KDE UI infrastructure. 
> 
> For instance, button-menus are not customizable in the "configure toolbar" 
> panel. You must code it.
> The KDE devs want persuade the application developers to not do that because 
> they don't want duplication of menu between the tool bar and the menu bar.
> 
> But why the menu bar must be always visible by default ?
> Take a look at the Dragon Player menu. What a pity we need a menu bar for so 
> few useful actions. Why actions like "configure shortcuts" are in the menu and 
> not in a configuration panel ?
> 
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I wasn't talking about the menu bar in my last email, but about the removal of the "toolbar feature" :-)
About the menu bar:
You're right, a menu bar is not always the best solution and Dragon Player is the perfect example for it.