Op vr, 05-05-2006 te 18:06 -0400, schreef Youness Alaoui: > oh yeah, and btw, the 'Close' button in official client's menu, it puts it > in the tray.. which is I think the best default behavior.. but.. still > allow users to configure it as they want.. an additional 'Exit'.. humm.. > I'm skeptical.. I would say maybe, but if yes, only at the condition of : > instead of having : > Close > Exit > have : > Minimize to tray > Exit
The official client whows a message on first use of this "feature" though, which I still think is crack. I'm now thinking of having ... --- Minimise to tray Close "Close", as the last action, should allways do the same, terminate the application. Having an extra option for minimise might be ok and I guess I'll add it though I'm not really a fan :). > > or something like that to make sure the diff between both... > > btw, while in the design, we should think, right now, and with the > experts help on the accelerators we should have!!! bindings are lame, > ctrl-s, ctrl-d, and ctrl-p are the only ones I know.. I just realized that > the official client reacts ALOT to what I type in it (typing in the CL > will filter contacts, same as a search...) so we should define Ctrl- > Ctrl-Alt- Alt- bindings to something... > KKRT Keyboard-use is also very important for usability. This is not only important to advanced users, as soem ppl with speech-input systems and other assistance technologies, can have ways to insert these commands while they can't use a mouse. > > On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:53:22 -0400, Vivia Nikolaidou > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 5 May 2006, Harry Vennik wrote: > > > >> > [OFF] minimise instead of close -> in preferences > >> > This is something only set once. From usability point of view > >> > it's even wrong to minimise a window (to the tray) when the close > >> > button is used as this should do the same as the "close" entry in the > >> > main menu. Though, this is an often requested feature, so it should > >> > be kept, and it's place is in the preferences window. > >> > >> I do not agree 100% here, but I think you're close. The tray icon should > >> be regarded as a separate window. Pressing the close button or close in > >> the main menu should both only close the window they're in, the main > >> window in this case. There should also be a 'Quit' or 'Exit' item > >> appended to the first menu that will terminate aMSN, and thus make the > >> trayicon disappear too. > > > > No, no, please NOT. First, the average user won't see the difference > > between Close and Exit, I've never seen such a thing in any applications. > > Second AND most important: the close button with the X in the program's > > main window is there for quitting the program, for goodness' sake! Yes it > > is for closing the window they are in, but isn't this the same as the > > icon > > down right, or the window in the taskbar? Then why shouldn't the Close > > button just close it and keep it in the taskbar (ie, minimized)? It's > > like > > this in every program that I've seen, apart from some IMs which insist on > > laughing at you: "you want to close me? Haha, you can't, I want to stay > > open!". One of the reasons why I first loved aMSN is that it obeyed to > > the > > normal rule. Now that I saw that the HIG people think like this too, I'm > > even capable of placing a veto here. Really. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > > Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Amsn-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
