Re: docklets + usability
- From: Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>
- To: GNOME Desktop Hackers <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: docklets + usability
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:30:48 +0000
Damien Sandras wrote:
>
> I'm also a bit disappointed by the remarks of some people to who I
> showed my Gnome2 desktop for the first time, it is always the same
> remark : "Gnome ressembles more and more to Windows and to KDE". I think
> this is due to the fact that the tasklist applet is at the bottom like
> in Windows. Is there an usability reason for that? Why not place it at
> the top where there is plenty of empty space in the menu panel?
I'm not aware of any studies that have been done on this, but I can't
think of any reason off the top of my head why it ought to work any
better along the bottom than along any other edge, other than
convention. (Personally I keep mine in an auto-hiding panel down the
right-hand side of the screen!)
Cheeri,
Calum.
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CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland
mailto:calum benson ireland sun com Desktop Engineering Group
http://www.sun.ie +353 1 819 9771
Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
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