KDE 4.1 Desktop, folder view, panel and widget tips and tricks thread.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 06:08 -0700, landon kelsey wrote:
> Once I rented a small Cessna C152 from a company at the airport.
> 
> I have many many hours in many types of aircraft!
> 
> I had a problem with the C152 at this particular company.
> 
> The instructors at the company recommended I get an additional
> checkout to learn how to "run" this C152.  I refused! Insanity!
> 
> They finally woke up when the mechanic was flying the aircraft and
> lost the engine!
> 
> I am NOT going to the KDE site and reading anything!
> 
> I haven't so far and I will not!
> 
> A desktop should be a intuitive measure and KDE has been up until now!
> 
> --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
>         Subject: Re: KDE 4.1 Desktop, folder view, panel and widget
>         tips and tricks thread.
>         To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>         Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7:59 AM
>         
>         On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 11:29 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>         > landon kelsey <landonmkelsey <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>         > > ridiculous! does anybody put directions on a toilet?
>         > 
>         > Many people do...
>         > http://images.google.com/images?q=toilet+instructions
>         
>         The image from "2001" is classic. It's said to be the only joke
>         in the
>         movie.
>         
>         There's a fascinating book by Donald Norman called "The Design of
>         Everyday Things" which looks at how non-obvious many "obvious"
>         things
>         are (e.g. hot and cold taps, light switches etc. in the US vs. Europe).
>         
>         poc
>         
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1) There's no such thing as "universally intuitive". Intuition is a
question of experience and cultural background.

2) Please stop posting in fixed-format text. It's a pain in the neck to
edit when replying.

3) Please read the list Guidelines (see URL at the end of every posting
to this list) and stop top-posting.

(And on a personal note: the! use! of! excessive! exclamation! marks!
is! extremely! distracting! and! does! not help! communication!).

poc