<div dir="ltr">It seems this desktop search monitor fits squarely into the "powerful when needed" bucket. In that sense I don't think it is necessary to expose it through any of the primary search interfaces (Alt-F2 or application menu). That doesn't mean it should be completely hidden away since when it is actually needed, it shouldn't be difficult to find. <div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:19.7999992370605px">I'm thinking perhaps we fold it into Search kcm as an indication of the status of the search system. It could be helpful there if the user wants to make a change to the search settings based on that information. I think we should still do the plasmoid for the instances where the user might like to do some long term monitoring. I'd suggest providing a way to access the Search kcm from the plasmoid in case that user would like to make some changes based on what they're seeing.</span></div><div><br></div><div>That's my 2c. Hope it helps,</div><div>Andrew</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:33 AM Harald Sitter <<a href="mailto:sitter@kde.org">sitter@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Pinak Ahuja <<a href="mailto:pinak.ahuja@gmail.com" target="_blank">pinak.ahuja@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> In fact I'm working on a plasmoid with the monitor's functionality, which<br>
> will show up in the tray. Maybe we can hide the monitor from applications<br>
> and add a button to plasmoid? i.e. if we do end up shipping the plasmoid.<br>
<br>
I think that would give it much more context, so that'd be cool.<br>
<br>
Mark and Martin do have a point in that it potentially being valuable<br>
without context though (such as when run from krunner by someone who<br>
knows what it does). I am not sure having it completely standalone is<br>
necessarily the way to go about this though. In particular I'd much<br>
rather have it be a KCM in ksysguard as it is a diagnostic tool for<br>
all intents and purposes (or kinfocenter... or fold it into the<br>
regular baloo KCM?).<br>
The one and only problem I have with the tool being in the menu is<br>
that it lacks any sort of context and at least to me file search is<br>
part of the workspace at large, so it being listed as a utility feels<br>
a lot like if for example the plasma wallpaper configuration was<br>
listed there.<br>
<br>
Perhaps you could ask the visual design group for some input on this?<br>
<br>
HS<br>
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