Tag archive 'User Interface'

Concept: TimeKonqueror

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-22

This is a concept for a graphical version control management add-on for KDE’s file managers Konqueror and Dolphin. The concept is inspired by Time Machine for Finder in Mac OS 10.5.

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Abort sending message

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-14

My phone, the Nokia 6500 classic, has a weird feature that I have been using quite a lot: Delay the sending the message a few seconds so the user can abort it. This feature is intended to make up for shortcomings in the design that make the user accidently send a message, or accidently send a message a little too early.

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Amarok on-screen display

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-07

Are you satisfied with the default on‐screen display in Amarok—the KDE music library manager? Here is an alternate.

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Interface concept: Collapsing menu line

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-04-19

Windows puts the menu line right underneath the title line at the top of every window. (See illustration 1.) Mac OS puts it at the very top for the active window. (See illustration 2.) KDE lets the user choose from one of the two. All desktop environments gives the not-so-frequently-used menu line much importance in their interfaces. But does the menu line really need all that dedicated space? Maybe it is time to think different.

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