[Kde-pim] Kontact Touch Mail - Initial Mockup + Git Workflow

[Marco Martin]

On Tuesday 14 May 2013 20:17:25 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > the sidebar in 1 and 2 is for navigation/browsing that will give you
> > another main area while the sidebar in 3 (editor) is for interaction with
> > the main areas content. I could make the sidebar in 1 and 2  use the same
> > background as the main area (like the pagerow in bodega client)
> > to make this even more evident.
> 
> Yes. Since you're using the same pattern (Column-based navigation,
> http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Development/ActiveHIG/ColumnViews),
> it should look and feel similar to Add Ons. Actually, would it be possible
> to use the actual PageRow component here? If not, why not? Our goal is to
> re-use Plasma Components as much as possible, so if they are not suited,
> this may indicate that they need to be improved.

I'm looking at what PageRow would need to be able to do all needed for kmail.
Any modification should go in for 4.11 in order to be usable with a Plasma1 
based environment, since is likely the last 4 based workspace/runtime release 
(ie, have to do it quick :p)

As said before, a thing that would be probably needed is having a larger, 
probably doubled column (now are all fixed at the same width), so i'm 
wondering:

* Is this needed at all?
* Do we want only the *last* column eventually bigger?
* May we want any column bigger?

i would tend for the second, since while ui wise it kinda makes sense (the 
column just opened is kinda the most important) it makes the logic of code 
dramatically simpler and less error prone

Cheers,
Marco Martin