Hi Mihai, there has already been a lengthy discussion about breadcrumbs in Kickoff back in December [1].
I don't think anyone is interested in having yet another discussion about that topic. Thanks. Martin Gräßlin [1] http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2011-December/018184.html On Thursday 15 March 2012 11:20:43 Mihai Dobrescu wrote: > Hello, > > IMHO, when a user makes a request, he will not perform a market study > on his demand. He knows his needs and he doesn't ask, nor speaks, for > other users hand. > I feel an important amount of stress from the developers part, > regarding the code involved. From the user part this is unknown. As > professional developer, the easy to use a feature is, the harder might > be to implement in the code. When I became software developer, I've > sworn to satisfy my customers, of course when possible and within the > feasible limits. So, I would not reject a requested feature unless I > have good technical reasons to prevent it, based on the argument of > complexity of code. Of course, maintenance is a good reason to reject > when not enough resources are present, in order to support that > feature (is this the case?). > > So, as KDE user, I can't give any statistics, polls, whatever in favor > or against this button. > I just _feel_ it is better than breadcrumbs for _me_. It is _natural_ to > _me_. Form _my_ point of view, breadcrumbs are also useful, as a shortcut, > when I need to jump over some elements in the path. > So, the back button and breadcrumbs, although seem redundant, they are > not, _to me_. > I would use the 'back' button in 90% of cases. > It is the very same case with Dolphin (the 'Up' button vs the path > breadcrumbs), again, _for me_. > > BTW, not all users that miss the button will complain. > Some devs say that these messages are lose of time for them. I can say > using the breadcrumbs in the KickOff menu make me losing time too, for > the sole reason it is unnatural _to me_ to use it there. > Also, user feedback is not a lose of time. > > Although not many users express their gratitude for the developers > work, because, _it seems_, the human nature is to complain about > things not working or things not done. > Sometimes it should happen. I _need_ to tell you, all the KDE team, > that I love your work, some may say _imperfect_, but _great_ I say, > knowing the effort you put in keeping it as close as possible to our > needs. > KDE is, _in my opinion_, well designed, flexible to be extended, clean > and visually appealing. And OPEN. > Making Plasma and Plasmoids is a good move. It's in the spirit of > Linux and its customizability. I hope you keep up this good work for > long. > > Thank you, > Mike. > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
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