Hiding vs. locking functionality

[Sven Burmeister]

On Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2008, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > Even worse for the "add applets" button which was gone some days later
> > too.
>
> that's what "lock widgets" means. what point is there in adding a widget if
> you can adjust its location, etc?

No, locking does not mean adding and as I said, the desktop/toolbox/panel is 
not a widget from the user's point of view. So locking widgets should not 
lock the desktop etc., which it does.

> this is not new in plasma, btw, but exactly how it was implemented in
> kicker with not complaints recv'd.

Of course it is. Kicker is one thing to lock, i.e. "lock kicker" locks kicker. 
Yet locking widgets in this case means lock desktop + toolbox and panel, none 
of which are perceived as widgets by the user, but as desktop, toolbox and 
panel. "Lock desktop" would come closer as the user might assume the toolbox 
and panel as part of the desktop.

Sven