[Panel-devel] SuperKaramba/Plasma

Derek Meyer meyer.derek at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 01:39:28 CET 2005


Once SuperKaramba has been integrated into the Plasma project for KDE4,
there are a couple things I believe would tremendously service the app.
Firstly, the ability to make the widgets actually become a part of the
desktop, meaning icons can be drug on top of them without blocking,
distortion, or interference with the widget's function. This would eliminate
the problems of not only "missing icons" but also "I didn't want to drag
that widget over there" since locking is reset in some widgets upon restart.
If it were up to me, I would make this the default, and make it so that the
widgets can only be added/manipulated/removed while the "Manage Widgets"
window is open. Secondly, the right-click menu must be greatly simplified.
As of right now, the average user feels overwhelmed and confused by the
large number of items, of which many are unused. I believe it would be much
more usable if the right-click menu contained a "Manage Widgets" option and
a "Configuration" option for the individual widget ONLY. Removal, moving,
and all other tasks can be accomplished with the "Manage Widgets" window
open. Individual widget developers can implement their configuration options
for their widget in a section of the .theme file, to be displayed upon
right-click-->Configuration.

 

Derek Meyer

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