D11897: Expose group information to Dolphin's Information panel, tooltips, etc
Stefan BrĂ¼ns
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Thu Apr 5 00:24:14 BST 2018
bruns added a comment.
In D11897#239276 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11897#239276>, @ngraham wrote:
> In D11897#239275 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11897#239275>, @zzag wrote:
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> > Well, I often wonder whether a given file is an executable or writable..
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> To me, this suggests that we might want to badge the icon itself or something, because this is generally useful information, and also has security implications (you don't want executable programs masquerading unseen as regular files).
At least for "writable", there is already the lock icon badge.
> In D11897#239275 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11897#239275>, @zzag wrote:
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>> Personally, I think it's okay to show traditional Unix file permissions because Linux is a Unix-like operating system* but I'm a "developer" so maybe my opinion shouldn't count.
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> Heh, it's not that your opinion doesn't count, but rather that we trust skilled people with specialized needs to optimize their own workspaces as needed. We optimize general-purpose tools for the common case, not the specialized case.
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> "Simple by default... yadda yadda yadda". In this case, it seems that the "powerful when needed" part of customizing the Information Panel's display was too well hidden, and we can and should improve that (in another patch, obviously).
Show an additional "screw driver" icon after "Unlock panel" in the context menu has been selected?
Add a "Sidebar" category in the dolphin configuration, or add it as a new tag under "General"? (My preference: new Category).
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https://phabricator.kde.org/D11897
To: ngraham, #baloo, michaelh
Cc: bruns, cfeck, anthonyfieroni, zzag, michaelh, broulik, #dolphin, ashaposhnikov, astippich, spoorun, alexeymin
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