[Kde-games-devel] Statusbar messages in KPatience

[Stefan Majewsky]

On Mittwoch 22 April 2009 17:45:20 Dmitry Suzdalev wrote:
> If this pops up at every card movement this should be removed indeed.
> This is like poking a person every second saying "hey, you're winning, keep
> it up!". Or the opposite. Not everyone will like it.
> I think it felt certainly cool when one who coded this (coolo?) was
> experimenting and excited about new feature. But having it in a shipped
> application is not very nice IMHO.
>
> OTOH this solver feature can be left with a purpose for user to trigger it
> explicitly. I.e. if i wish to know what's the current state of game, i can
> go to some menu and choose some "is game winnable?" option. And then
> receive answer. But not in every turn! :)

I would like instead a configuration option "Notify me when the game cannot be 
won anymore". If activated, a KGamePopupItem shows up once the solver 
determines that the game cannot be won anymore. Then you can undo moves until 
the message hides again.

Greetings
Stefan
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