Fwd: [Kde-pim] [SUMMARY] Kontact Polishing

[Allen Winter]

Sorry, forgot to send this to kde-quality.

Is anyone interested in creating a brand new, very professional
looking splash-screen for kontact?  You'll be famous :>

Regards,
Allen
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Subject: [Kde-pim] [SUMMARY] Kontact Polishing
Date: Wednesday 31 March 2004 10:50 am
From: Allen Winter <winterz at verizon.net>
To: kde-pim at kde.org

On Saturday 20 March 2004 12:06 pm, Allen Winter wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Some thoughts on Kontact (from CVS HEAD).   Nothing major.
> 
> General:
>  * The splash screen could be prettier.  Is it a good idea to "hard-code"
>     the components into the image?
>  * The kontact icon tooltip says "Personal Information Manager".
>     The tooltip should match the description on the splash? ("Groupware Client").
>  * I get two Tip-of-the-Days when I start kontact.  The first one seems to be
>     from kmail and the other from korganizer.
>  * The kontact icon doesn't stand out very well in my light grey panel.
>     I guess the icon could use a little polish.
>  * The Todo List and Calendar icons on the left panel area a little too similar.
> 
> Configuration (Settings->Configure Kontact menu):
>  * What is the difference between the big Configure button and the Summary
>    configuration?
>  * General configuration of Kontact's summary view (the Summary configuration)
>    doesn't allow one to add a News Ticker
>  * Do we even need the big Configure button?
>  * For kweather configure, can we add the "Lookup your ICAO code" link?
> 

Summary of the "Kontact Polishing" thread:

General:
 * I think the splash screen should be removed.  Nobody has disagreed with this opinion so far.
   If the splash screen stays, Cornelius and I think it needs to be  modified so that it does
   not "hard code" components and the Groupware Client text.

 * The kontact tooltip is correct as is

 * As of last week's CVS I still get two Tip-of-the-Days.  This is #Bug 70107
   I voted for this bug to be fixed.

 * Several people agree that kontact needs a new, snazzier icon.
    ---> Luke Randall has volunteered to draw a new one.
    Luke, it would be great if you could do this

 * People agree that The Todo List and Calendar icons on the left panel area are too similar.
   --> See "Sidebar" discussion below for more on this

Configuration:
 * Cornelius explained the difference between the Configure and Summary configuations

 * I suggested that the Configure button be renamed to something like "Select Apps to Embed"
   or "Embedded Applications" or...?   There we no comments about my suggestion.

 * For kweather configuration and the ICAO code lookup...  Martin Köbele pointed out
   that I need to update my kweather from CVS.  I find it strange that kweather in is the
   ktoys module.  Should it be moved to kdepim??  Anyway, I didn't verify Martin's suggestion.


Sidebar:
  Luke Randall provided a prototype sidebar snapshot using crystal like icons.  Very nice IMHO.
  Luke changed the metaphor from being application-specific to function-specific.

  Several people argued with changing the metaphor.
  Also, people argue that the icon style really should match the desktop icon style.
  [Can this be done?]
  There was no consensus as to how to deal with these issues.

  Later, in another thread in kdepim-users "Kontact side pane size",  Konstantinos Georgokitsos,
  who has a small display, noted that it would be nice to allow side pane settings for:
   - icons only/ text only / both
   - small icons (or icon size)

How to proceed from here?

Regards,
Allen
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