<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Okay, so I tried using the chat plasmoid exclusively for a little while to see what the annoyances/show stoppers are. Currently it boils down to:</div><div><br></div>
<div style>1. Scrolling Bug - I know that various 'fixes' have been applied over time, but with the latest master and Plasma 4.10 Beta, it's still there and renders the plasmoid effectively useless once a conversation reaches a certain length. </div>
<div style>We need to go through all the crude hacks that we have and decide which is the least evil and apply it. We can leave it until plasma people come up with a magic fix (which I don't think is likely since it doesn't look like ListViews were ever really designed with scrollbars in mind).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>2. No notification - Yes the little bubble appears when you have unread messages, but just being red doesn't make it stand out enough. We need to either </div><div style>- animate it (bounce/blink/demand attention) </div>
<div style>- play a noise</div><div style>- create a normal notification as well (passive - users can use global hotkey or clicking on the widget to respond).</div><div style><br></div><div style>3. Lack of Hotkey - The whole point of this originally was to be able to respond to people quickly and return to work with minimum hassle. </div>
<div style>I've actually worked on this today and I'll open up a review request soon. It's almost solved - I've got the next conversation to pop up, but it doesn't have keyboard focus. I (by which I mean someone else ;-) needs to find a way to bring the popped out dialog to the front and give it focus.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>The rest are all things minor details that show lack of 'polish' but aren't really hindrances.</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br>Cheers, <div>Lasath</div>
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