The Contact List Applet

[Martin Klapetek]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:55 PM, David Edmundson <david at davidedmundson.co.uk
> 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.
>

I don't as using it right now is a bit clumsy - it's either on desktop,
which you'd have to display first, or dashboard, but then it needs
filtering etc.


> So, brainstorming:
>
>  - Should it be a popup-plasmoid so it can be docked in a panel. What
> would the icon be?
>

Yes. Icon....hm, either ktp icon or merging with presence plasmoid as Aleix
suggested.


>  - If it's in a vertical panel that's wide enough should it show the
> list properly?
>

That's the most requested feature afaik.


>  - Should it use Plasma icons for presence?
>

Don't think so. Should be consistent with the main app, imho.


>  - Do we want to have a search bar? Always shown? or with a button to
> toggle it? Or just instantly if you start typing.
>

Search bar definitely yes (another frequently requested thing). Starting
typing would need keyboard focus first, we might as well have a search
field then.


>  - Do we want to show groups? What's a good way to use a TreeView in QML.
>

As others suggested - activities!!! And/or configurable groups.


>  - Should it have all the different sort/group-by options the real
> contact list has? In a "toolbar"? or in the plasma config?
>

Plasma config.


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

Depends on the behavior of clicking. If single-click starts a chat, then
there should be some way to start those too. Possible way is to "expand"
the contact on click, showing all available actions then. Doubleclick would
start normal chat (and not expand it).


> - 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.
>

I can see this working, yes.

-- 
Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
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