> I've tried to do a konqueror mockup with a simpler design, maybe you like it, > or you could give your opinion: > http://konqueror4.linuxdevel.net
That is very close to what I could love - and keep loving! It's intuitive (mostly) and packs power. It doesn't feel as cluttered either. What is great about it, more information shown and the actions available are specific to what I have selected etc. 1. I love the menu bar idea. Especially if it is positioned so that it doesn't waste space - like there. 2. The buttons are nice. There's no doubt what they will do. 3. It's hard to imagine you could click on that location field and for instance type www.cnn.com quickly. It just doesn't look like it. Perhaps it's all that graphics in it, I don't think of it as a text field at all? It really feels impossible. The navigational idea is nice. 4. What's with the search bar? I got already one place to write something, can't it conduct the search for me? Do you really have to show to user "hey you can search somehow" by adding a new thingy for it? I'm just wondering. 5. I did not know about that window splitting thing although I have used KDE as my primary desktop and konqueror as my primary browser for months. Whoa. Perhaps it is worth having there - I'll have to test that one out. Sounds very handy. 6. The specific bar seems handy - they kick the old fashioned toolbars' ass 100-0. That's very intuitive. It sounds very usable not just for me but for a lot of people. I'm dying to test that out in live environment. 7. I hope the position of the tabs is configurable to be below the specific bar but that's just me :) 8. So many side bars.. Why should I care if something is local or networked? Really. They are just file resources to me in any case - if they are unavailable notify me. I'd rather not know much about that network stuff after I have set up some "mount" or whatever. 9. I love bookmarks. I spit some 50 of them daily into my bookmarks folder. Then later I forget to back them up as I tune something and I start over. That's why I have never really used them, it's handier to Google again for the stuff. But LDAP support for bookmarks? Hmm.. That changes things for me if I can have mine networked.. If I could share them as well.. 10. The info colum is great. It keeps the specific actions roughly grouped at one place and gives me information. That's golden stuff. What's with the "options" button however? It's not like if I need that often? _______________________________________________ Appeal mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/appeal
