The Contact List Applet

[Francesco Nwokeka]

On Wednesday 19 December 2012 17:30:26 David Edmundson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Francesco Nwokeka
> 
> <francesco.nwokeka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> I'm not convinced. I have never started a file transfer without
> starting a chat first (normally to say "hey, I'm about to send you a
> file"). If someone sent me a file without starting a chat, I'd be
> confused.

Good point. My "yes" then becomes a "no" as you've convinced me


> >> - 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
> > 
> >> Please comment and include your own ideas and suggestions.
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