Re: [Usability]prefs dialog recommendations

From: Anna Dirks <anna ximian com>
To: Erik Pukinskis <erik pukinskis uconn edu>
Cc: usability <usability gnome org>, Paolo Maggi <maggi athena polito it>
Subject: Re: [Usability]prefs dialog recommendations
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:09:44 -0400 (EDT)

> On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 06:39, Paolo Maggi wrote:
> > And what do you (and the other hig guys) think about this idea?
>
> There are a few reasons long explanation pages in preference dialogs are
> a bad idea:
>
> 1) Users tend to not read large blocks of text.
>
> 2) These explanations disconnected from the functionality they describe,
> making it unlikely users would find and use them at all.
>


I honestly have no idea what you mean here. Can you provide any
concrete examples for your assertions?

Anna

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