Smooth scrolling on item views configurable

[Robert Knight]

Hi Rafael,

> I mean, an option "Scroll Per Pixel" sounds  
> pretty technical, and should be avoided. So, suggestions ?

'Smooth scrolling' I think describes the
QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel effect
quite well.  Perhaps new terminology is needed to describe 
the behaviour in Kopete and Konqueror where there is acceleration and
decelleration involved.

The term "Kinetic scrolling" seems to have become popular in tech
circles -  
http://www.google.com/search?q=Kinetic+scrolling&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 but
as you can see, there
are very few links to sites aimed at a non-techinical audience there.

In plain English perhaps an option could be worded "Use acceleration
when scrolling <item view>"
where <item view> could be replaced by "contacts list" or "page" or
"document".  Google links this time 
around are less developer orientated:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=acceleration+scrolling&btnG=Search 

Regards,
Robert.

(Sorry for sending this twice Rafael, forgot to reply to kde-core-devel
first time around)

On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 05:38 +0200, Rafael Fernández López wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > - Why does this need to be configurable?  Is it ever useful to have
> > per-item scrolling in list views?
> 
> Yes, several users have reported this.
> 
> > - The term "Smooth scrolling" is used in other parts of KDE (Konqueror,
> > Kopete) to mean 'Kinetic' scrolling where the item view scrolls as if it
> > has momentum and doesn't stop immediately when the mouse is released.
> 
> I know... and something that I really forgot to write on the previous  
> message. Better names ? I mean, an option "Scroll Per Pixel" sounds  
> pretty technical, and should be avoided. So, suggestions ?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Rafael Fernández López.
>