add applets dialogue

[Bart Cerneels]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:
> On 6/18/08, Lydia Pintscher <lydia.pintscher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  currently the dialogue to add applets gets opened when left clicking
>>  on the context view.
>>  I really think this is not a good idea.
>>  Here is why:
>>  - It is unintuitive to open a configuration dialogue by left clicking.
>>  People are used to open them by right clicking.
>>  - It is different from the way Plasma does it. People who know that it
>>  is related will be confused.
>>  - It is annoying as you open it a lot by accident. (Has been confirmed
>>  by _several_ people.)
Right click is bad because of platforms without a right mouse button
or buttons altogether. I think we want Amarok to be used on
touchscreen only devices. But I agree a popup on left click is not the
sollution
>
> Careful, young padawans. Before you remove it, you must come up with a
> solution for the discoverability problem: Right-clicking context view
> for adding applets is _not obvious_.
Add a loaded-by-default plasmoid with a big + signs (bottom right
corner of CV) that opens that popup.
On second thought: a clickable area in the bottom right is a better
idea. This can accomplished with a custom Plasma::Containment.

>
> Additionally, a fresh Amarok 2 installation comes with no active
> applets at all. This means you're staring at mostly empty GUI.
It should come with a default set.

Bart