Bug 81987

Summary: interface confusion when closing subwindows
Product: [Applications] kooka Reporter: Paulo Eduardo Neves <neves>
Component: generalAssignee: Klaas Freitag <freitag>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Paulo Eduardo Neves 2004-05-22 01:35:05 UTC 
Version:           0.42 (using KDE 3.2.2, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.5-gentoo-r1

I closed the interface sub-panels in Kooka, and I didn't discover how to "dock" them again. It was a real mess. Kooka became unsuable till I deleted the kookarc file. I see no reason to alow to open the panels in new windows, it just confuse the users. 

Regards and thanks for the nice software.
Comment 1 Adrien Cordonnier 2006-05-24 11:37:07 UTC 
I have the same remark. This is a big useability problem: for people who have no idea of how subwindows work such as my mum, it even stops Kooka to be useable. It happened several times that she closed subwindows and when the "Scan" button is not here anymore, it is almost impossible to have it back on the screen.

I don't see the point to be able to remove subwindows: what is the use of a Scanning application without the scanning interface? Moreover, the subwindow borders where the closing crosses are, are taking room on the screen for no reason. If one wants to be able to remove some subwindows, it would have to be through a submenu so that is is long to remove subwindows, not to display them again.
Comment 2 Jonathan Marten 2008-03-19 15:24:14 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 71252 ***