On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 22:39 -0400, Jacob Beauregard wrote: > Would you consider this a design bug? > > Pre: networking disabled > When you left-click on the network manager icon, it will say "networking > disabled." However, it will give you no option to change it. > > When you right-click on the network manager icon, it will give you that > option. > > Instead of having a faded "networking disabled" message, giving the > option to "enable networking" would imply that networking is disabled. > It would also be more preferable for anyone who wants to enable their > networking. > > What does everyone feel about this?
Well, the gist of the (preliminary) guidelines in the HIG for notification icons is that left-click should open a related window (typically a configuration or more detailed status window, if the icon as an ever-present in the notification area), and right-click should pop up a context menu. So it does sound like the current behaviour is a bit of a law unto itself, but as I don't use NM I can't suggest a better solution off the top of my head... Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
