Hello all, <div><br></div><div>The widget explorer has some serious usability issues in my view, which I'd like to highlight.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Having to click 10 times via the end arrows just to get to the end of the widgets is bad(Yes I know you can use the mouse wheel).</div>
<div><br></div><div>2. Having to click 9 times just to get to the end of the category's filter end is bad.</div><div><br></div><div>3. There are too many categories. Give the user a small selection and this will in turn give some UI space back.</div>
<div><br></div><div>4. The two problems above are compounded by having a smaller resolution.</div><div><br></div><div>5. Tooltips are huge when you mouse over the widgets, with a lot of wasted space.</div><div><br></div><div>
6. An option is needed to remove running widgets.</div><div><br></div><div>7. Don't overlay a small tick on the widget's image to show they're running(especially on a blue coloured widget icon, since the tick is blue). It doesn't clearly show what widget is running, despite the fact the category shows a "running" filter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is a link to my old mockup design of which I didn't add categories or a close button because it was in it's early stages.<a href="http://www.opendesktop.org/content/show.php/Plasma+-+Add+Widgets+Mockup?content=101423">http://www.opendesktop.org/content/show.php/Plasma+-+Add+Widgets+Mockup?content=101423</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I understand it maybe too late to change such issues but the usability just let's the widget explorer down a lot. We already have bug reports about usability.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>
<br></div><div>Regards </div><div><br></div><div>Sean Wilson (Half-Left)</div>