[kdepim-users] Unable to create new address book

[O. Sinclair]

On 26/11/11 11:35, Andras Mantia wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>
>> On 25/11/11 23:46, Thomas Taylor wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:18:56 +0100
>>> Thomas Olsen<thomas at tanghus.net>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday 24 November 2011 00:17 Thomas Taylor wrote:
>>>>> Hi all;
>>>>> I haven't been able to create a new address book (not folder under
>>>>> personal) in Kontact-contacts. Reported as bug 287395.
>>>>>
>>>>> When in the contacts section and select "file>   new>   addressbook" it
>>>>> displays a dialog box with some pre-defined choices but no way to enter
>>>>> a unique name.
>>>>
>>>> You have to select a resource type and then configure it. If you want a
>>>> new address book you can select VCard Directory, select the folder you
>>>> want to contain the address book (you can create a new folder from the
>>>> dialog) and click OK.
>>>> It will then have a name like 'akonadi_vcarddir_resource_0'. Right click
>>>> on the new resource, select 'Folder properties' and change the name.
>>>>
>>>> Or select VCard File, select to the folder where you want the address
>>>> book to reside, enter the *file name* of the address book eg.
>>>> 'addressbook.vcf' (can be a non-existent file), click OK and enter
>>>> Display name.
>>>>
>>>> If this solves your problem remember to update the bug report.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Thomas, wish that information had been included in the help
>>> function.  I was able ro create the new address book with your help.
>>>
>> As a bit of a rant - the documentation of KDE and KDEPIM is in sad
>> state. KDE 3.5 is fairly well documented but I do not feel like walking
>> down the Trinity project path.
>
> Documentation is something where user could contribute relatively easy.
> Both Help documentation and user wiki (userbase.kde.org) contribution is
> possible.
>   Any help in this area is welcome.
>
I agree and disagree. Yes, users can help and they do. But the final 
responsibility lies with the developers who KNOW how they design things 
to work - not users who have to figure it out.

And that is where both KDE and KDEPIM is sorely behind at this moment in 
time.

I can figure out 5 different clever ways to do a software design but 
unless I document to users how to actually go about using it the 
cleverness becomes an obstacle.

userbase KDE is great but it should not be an excuse for not documenting 
your implementation of software. That is simply bad coding practice.

Look at Plasma Activities. I am trying to figure out how they are meant 
to work. Where do I find anything but enthusiastic blogs?

Sinclair
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