GSoC2018 - Panel Improvement Proposal Idea

[Furkan Tokaç]

Hi KDE Devs,

For GSoC2018, as a long-term KDE user/lover, I want to make 2 important 
improvements on KDE / Plasma-Workspace / Panel that will increase user 
experience. By this mail, I'll just talk about the improvements without 
any technical details. In the proposal, I'll tell about my plan to solve 
the issues.

--------------> *Basic Information*
I always use KDE by placing the panel left and enabling auto-hide option 
and as far as I see on the Internet, there are many people like me. I am 
using KDE for a long time so I know some weak parts about the panel.*
*

*Note* : I am using and writing my comments according to X11, I didn't 
test the issues on Wayland.

--------------> *Problem 1 : Freezes on unhiding*
When I put my mouse pointer to the left corner to unhide the panel, it 
has a short freeze, and sometimes very long freezes. I think that these 
freezes are about widget updates because if there is an active event on 
the system tray or in the desktop widgets or there is a notification 
pop-up, it happens more. This is one of the basic feature and it should 
be flawless, I think.

--------------> *Problem 2 : Auto-hide sensitivity*
There is no setting for changing the sensitivity of unhiding event. 
There should be a setting to change this sensitivity like in Unity. (in 
unity, it is called "Reveal sensitivity")

I tried this issues in another computers and  they are common. After the 
discussion, if you think positive about this tasks or one of them, I'll 
submit the proposal.

Thanks for your interest!

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Furkan Tokaç
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