On the presence applet

[David Edmundson]

2011/3/30 Dario Freddi <drf54321 at gmail.com>

> Hi guys,
>
> as David asked me, I am sharing some of the plans I had for the applet,
> given
> that a lot of time has passed since we started thinking about it.
>
> Let's clear out the nerdy details:
>
>  - It will be a pure QML applet, to be future-proof and consistent with
> where
> Plasma is going
>  - The dataengine which should back it up is almost ready and is in master
>  - It will be implemented as a popupapplet meant to sit in the tray
>
> Let's see what we wanted the applet to do, and let's try to get the ideas
> together. A mockup of what I intend to present as a main interface is here:
> http://i.imgur.com/q8myz.png
> In my clone, instead, you can find a working qml mockup+a semi working
> proto
> applet in QML which illustrates how the presence selector works
>
> The idea is that what you see can be changed: presence, nickname, status
> and
> avatar, just by clicking on them. As soon as you click on something, the
> field
> will change into a lineedit which lets you enter the desired value.
>
> A possibile different option is to have an "edit" button, which flips the
> applet and provides all the line edits and stuff.
>
> Any further ideas/objections?
>
> Thanks for writing this.

A few questions:

Have you lost the ability to set (in the UI, not the dataengine) to set
presence per account?

I imagine the plasmoid spending a lot of time in the panel (which is where
mine sits) as quick access purely for setting online/offline. How do you
envisage this looking and acting?

Dave


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