[dolphin] [Bug 488086] New: The UX for enabling plugins is very unintuitive

[hazelnot]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488086

            Bug ID: 488086
           Summary: The UX for enabling plugins is very unintuitive
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 24.05.0
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: hazelnot at mailbox.org
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY

I'm aware this is not a bug in the technical sense of the word, but this is
where I've been told to file a report. Apologies if this isn't the right place
for UI and UX feedback/issues.

The UX for enabling plugins in Dolphin is very unintuitive. It used to be
located under a "Services" header in the Configure window, but was moved to
"Context Menu". This is not a problem when using plugins that just show up
under the context menu, but some plugins have additional functionality.

For example, I was confused as to how to enable the Dropbox plugin. To me, the
main functionality is displaying the sync status of files and folders with
Dropbox, but I never use the context menu items it also adds. I had to ask for
help in order to confirm that all the plugins have in fact been moved under the
"Context Menu" header.

I would suggest either renaming "Context Menu" to "Plugins" (or revert it to
"Services" as it used to be known, or think of a better name than either
suggestion), or splitting it into two headers - one specifically handling
plugins, and one for handling the context menu entries.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Endeavour OS (rolling)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0 
Qt Version: 6.7.1

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