Bug 155647

Summary:	Slideshow configuration: units used for time unclear
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	Thibaut Cousin <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Thibaut Cousin 2008-01-13 15:39:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

The dialog to configure time between background changes is a bit unclear as to the units it uses.

I agree that it doesn't take much thinking to guess that it's hours:minutes:seconds, but from a usability point of view, it could probably be more explicit.

Thanks for your attention.

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-01-13 20:05:22 UTC

how does this look to everyone? http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/time.png

p.s. i way prefer these kinds of conversations on panel-devel rather than b.k.o =)

Comment 2 Thibaut Cousin 2008-01-14 00:48:10 UTC

I like it. :-)

Maybe there is a risk for the dialog to become too large because of that. But from a clarity point of view, it's perfect. Thank you.

Comment 3 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-01-14 03:34:54 UTC

the components above it are even wider, so no worries on size i don't think. might be a bitch for the translators, but i'm sure thye'll live too =)

Comment 4 Aaron J. Seigo 2008-01-14 04:16:11 UTC

SVN commit 761104 by aseigo:

clarity.
BUG:155647


 M  +2 -2      BackgroundDialog.ui  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=761104

Comment 5 Chani 2008-01-14 09:00:06 UTC

personally I'd prefer to see a dropdown box for choosing units, and have a spinbox for the number. does anyone really need to specify 3 hours 1 minute and 4 seconds?

but I'm too lazy to do anything about it.