Re: a nice touch from kde's kicker

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

I don't see why this couldn't be made into an option - is it that hard
to do it both ways?  One can't see there aren't a lot of
extraneous/weird option in GNOME now.  ~,^

On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 22:39, Josh Steiner wrote:
> (i've cc:'d the usability list since that is probably where i should have
> sent this in the first place)
> 
> My opinion is a little bit different.  I find this style of separation a
> little easier on my eyes.  For me it is a bit disruptive to skim a menu
> with icons and text mixed in the same visual space.  When I set out to
> find a menu item i usually am holding the word in my mind and the icons
> often distract my eye from that.  Conversely, for some apps like Evolution
> and Gnome-term i know the icons so well that i tend to look for the icon
> and the words distract my eye.  
> 
> In the end, this sort of decision is probably best discussed with some
> user testing which is why i wanted to start up a conversation about it.
> 
> For the record, as far as I can see the XP start menu does not do this:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/images/img009.jpg
> 
> This really isn't a make or break detail so I imagine it will fall to the
> way side while the excellent 2.0 is being thumped on.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On 14 Feb 2002, iain wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 21:11, Josh Steiner wrote:
> > > http://www.kde.org/screenshots/large/kde3-snapshot1.jpg
> > > 
> > > I just wanted to throw this little piece of food for though out there, I
> > > really like the way that in this screenshot kicker puts the program icons
> > > on a separate background color than the text, this seems to make the menu
> > > more readable to my eye.  What do people think of this from a useability
> > > standpoint?
> > 
> > >From what I remember, this was nicked from Office XP, maybe also winXP
> > and has been slated as being terrible usibility wise as it seperates the
> > icons and the text by drawing your attention to the icon.
> > 
> > iain
> 
> 
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