On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Ivan Čukić<ivan.cukic+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Although this would be perfect to have, I'm concerned about the interface to > it. The users are already confused with activities, what would happen if we > introduced activity types (as configurable) as well?
I think the main reason casual users are confused is that they are not able to differentiate virtual desktops with plasma activities. When you see reviews of plasma activities, they inadvertently compare virtual desktops to plasma activities. Ideally they expect those to be coupled together by default...That is how casual users look at it normally... I read somewhere that users adjust themselves to something different as long as it feels different. And, they panic when they see something similar to what they had known already, but it does something entirely different. That is because when they see something similar they expect to use it like they have used before, but as it performs a different function, they just become confused and start to panic... I don't know why I am bringing this now ! But, anyway ... > I'd rather have a 'create a new activity based on the current' than making a > template system like that. Exactly, the normal users will not be required to temper with the above template features. What we can do is, have an Activities tab in Kickoff/Lancelot/Raptor which would list all the current Activity templates as icons with description. When the user clicks on it, we can start an activity based on that template ;) Cheers, Hari _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
