[Krename-users] Fwd: Krename Suggestions

[<dom...@t-...>]

Hello,

I got some excellent feedback from Eugenia. What do you think of her idea=
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about the KRename GUI and the PecoRename GUI? She is totaly right that=20
KRename should not add itself to the KDE context menu without asking the=20
user. I am going to fix this.

Any comments?

CU Dom

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Subject: Krename Suggestions
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 16:07:28 -0700
From: "Eugenia Loli-Queru" <eu...@os...>
To: <dom...@we...>

Hello,
I am the editor in chief at OSNews, who wrote the article on KDE's usabil=
ity
a few days ago. These days I also participate at KDE's Usability
discussions.

This morning I tried Krename, and I found that its user interface is not
well designed (no offence btw, just some constructive critisism :)
It is truly confusing the user, and that ogg plugin it is the defaul
selection, which is not what most people would use anyway. Also, adding a
"rename with Krename" option on the context menu of KDE while there is
already a "Rename" there, it really screws up KDE's usability. It does no=
t
even ask the user if you want it there or not. You should ask the user th=
e
first time he runs krename if he wants that on the context menu or not.

When I used to use BeOS, there was that _great_ application called
PecoRename. It was one of the best utilities ever written for BeOS, and
indeed worked very well. PecoRename did not support plugins like your ogg
one, or RegExp, but it had some other main functionalities. However, its
strong point, it was its gui! Because the guy who wrote that app was a we=
b
designer, he was used to creating well crafted UIs. In fact, as I remembe=
r,
all of his applications were great, UI-wise. He is also German, so you tw=
o
can chat if you want. :)

Please-please, take a look at my screenshot attached to this email, and g=
o
through to the UI design of PecoRename. I think it works beautifully, and=
 I
would love to see Krename following a similar path, of course, by adding
your extra modes as well.

Best Regards,
Eugenia

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Editor-in-Chief at http://www.OSNews.com
Email: eu...@os... - ICQ: 6070904
Home page at http://www.eugenia.co.uk

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