> On Oct. 16, 2011, 6:08 a.m., Thorsten Zachmann wrote: > > My biggest concern is about constiency between the different applications > > changes with this patch. Would it not be better if that would be a common > > option the user can select so all applications would behave like that? > > Cyrille Berger Skott wrote: > Basically it is the results of discussion at the UX sprint in Berlin, > last spring. And after discussion with the UI experts there, we reach the > conclusion that the consistency that was important between application was on > the behaviour of the tools, and that each application need to investigate how > they are exposed to their users. For words, the conclusion was clearly that > the docker system is not adapted for a word processing application, while it > is great for graphics application. Whether this UI style would work well for > other "office" application, like stage or flow need to be investigated > (tables definitey need something different). > > Since useless options are confusing for users, and the docker variant is > not deemed adapted for words, then I think that a user-visible option for > "switching" between dockers and tabs is not a good idea.
I agree with Cyrille here. Even though some degree of adaptability in a UI does makes sense, the most basic interaction concepts should not be changed by the user, as this makes the whole UI unpredictable and makes support and documentation difficult. - Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/#review7367 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Oct. 15, 2011, 4:49 p.m., C. Boemann wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Oct. 15, 2011, 4:49 p.m.) > > > Review request for Calligra. > > > Description > ------- > > This UI was conceived during the KDE User Experience sprint in Berlin 2011 > > It basically provides a drop-in-replacement for the toolbox + > tooloptionsdocker in the form of a single docker containing QToolBox widget. > > The new KoModeBox is used in Words only. All the other applications should be > left unchanged. > > The tools have a new extended usage of the Type attribute. See the > KoToolFactoryBase.h changes for description. It should be compatible with the > krita usage. > The only visible changes outside Words would probably be that the gradient, > pattern,calligraphy tools end up in a separate section of the toolbox. > > > Diffs > ----- > > karbon/plugins/tools/CalligraphyTool/KarbonCalligraphyToolFactory.cpp > cb1c092 > karbon/plugins/tools/KarbonGradientToolFactory.cpp 786d98a > karbon/plugins/tools/KarbonPatternToolFactory.cpp 1ec250fa > karbon/plugins/tools/KarbonPencilToolFactory.cpp 4fd1105 > karbon/plugins/tools/filterEffectTool/KarbonFilterEffectsToolFactory.cpp > c30f1be > libs/flake/KoToolFactoryBase.h 73f2534 > libs/flake/KoToolManager.cpp 3bcae08 > libs/main/CMakeLists.txt 9539a5a > libs/main/KoDockerManager.h 7e44455 > libs/main/KoDockerManager.cpp 7f5b17d > libs/main/KoModeBox.cpp PRE-CREATION > libs/main/KoModeBoxFactory.h PRE-CREATION > libs/main/KoModeBoxFactory.cpp PRE-CREATION > libs/main/KoModeBox_p.h PRE-CREATION > libs/main/KoToolBox.cpp ede46d4 > plugins/textshape/ReferencesToolFactory.cpp 096e602 > plugins/textshape/ReviewToolFactory.cpp bbd6452 > plugins/textshape/TextToolFactory.cpp 438846c > words/part/KWGui.cpp 69d309b > > Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/diff/diff > > > Testing > ------- > > > Screenshots > ----------- > > screentshot of the new ui > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/s/306/ > toolbox in karbon > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/s/307/ > toolbox in krita > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/s/308/ > toolbox in stage > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102871/s/309/ > > > Thanks, > > C. Boemann > >
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