Applets - to maintain aspect ratio, or not?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday 08 January 2008, Sven Burmeister wrote:
> I always thought that plasma would follow the credo of "content follows
> shape/size". 

yes, however guidance should be provided to the user. some shapes are just not 
very good and should be avoided.

> The user should be able to resize freely and it's the 
> plasmoid's job to deal with the given space, including keeping an
> aspect-ratio, if it is needed.

that leaves us with an even worse situation though: the user can then not 
override the applet. if i want a squished clock i should be able to make a 
squished clock but i should also be guided towards an optimally shaped clock.

> But if the plasmoid can tell plasma whether it wants to keep the aspect
> ratio or not, I would be fine with it.

=)

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