The Contact List Applet

[Francesco Nwokeka]

On Wednesday 19 December 2012 16:55:15 David Edmundson wrote:
> Contact List Applet
> 
> The Contact List applet has been doing nothing for a while now, and
> it's time to get it sorted and finished.
> I want to discuss what we actually want to do. Then once we have a
> general consensus I'll turn it into bugzilla lists and get started on
> it.
> 
> Who here currently uses it? I don't really. My preferred method of
> starting chats is homerun via krunner.
> 
> So, brainstorming:
> 
>  - Should it be a popup-plasmoid so it can be docked in a panel. What
> would the icon be?
> 
>  - If it's in a vertical panel that's wide enough should it show the
> list properly?
> 
>  - Should it use Plasma icons for presence?
> 
>  - Do we want to have a search bar? Always shown? or with a button to
> toggle it? Or just instantly if you start typing.
> 
>  - Do we want to show groups? What's a good way to use a TreeView in QML.
> 
>  - Should it have all the different sort/group-by options the real
> contact list has? In a "toolbar"? or in the plasma config?

No, see last note


>  - Do we want call/video/send file buttons?

Yes


> - Should we have it so that in the config you specify what groups you
> want to show? I think I might use it if I had a list of just people in
> my "friends" group and that's it.

Or better, make the contact list show *only* the contacts you usually talk to. 
A bit like the "stalker" plasmoid but better as you can have as many as you 
want.

This way it wouldn't be a copy of Martin's contact list (which is activated 
via the presence plasmoid) but a personalized "container" for contacts you 
usually contact and/or want to talk to.

Come on, who chats with ALL their contacts in the contact list? 
With facebook chat, gtalk we all have > 100 contacts and finding that usual 
contact to chat to would be made easier if in a seperate customizable 
container.

I talk to about 10-15 people periodically and not that often to others outside 
this group.

Plus I doubt everyone is best friends with *everyone* on their chat list.

(This was the extra part of my 2011 GSoC project that I didn't manage to make)

So that's my 2cents for the contactlist plasmoid


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