Re: [Muine] NEW PRELEASE: 0.8.1pre1

[Brandon Hale <brandon smarterits com>]

On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 02:14 +0100, Christian E. Kaas wrote:
> Andrew Dolgov wrote:
> 
>     Anyway, does anybody except me here think that new "Play" label on
>     the PlaylistWIndow play button looks kinda ugly and generally redundant?
> 
> 
> I too think the play button should have no text. Otherwise the other 
> buttons next to it should also have text for consistency in the GUI. 
> E.g. "back" and "forward" text.

I disagree. Selective text labels on key controls are good usability.
http://philwilson.org/blog/2004/11/enhancing-firefox-gui-usability_29.html

I find the wider play button not only easier to hit, but immediately
intuitive. It's argued here that the triangle play button is universal,
but so are the forward/reverse buttons. Now Play stands out dominantly
as the dominate action.

> Concerning GUI I think it is best to go for the simplest solution as in 
> "if not needed, do not put it there". Otherwise Muine could slowly 
> approach a KDE-ish GUI... and that nobody wish for ;-)

Slippery slope arguments are no good. Besides, Muine is a shining
example of good, minimalist UI design, and Jorn shows no signs towards
changing this trend, so your really making a moot point.