[Plasma] looks and usability of applet handle frame

[Ismael Asensio]

Here it goes my proposal:


> Use icons over the plasmoid itself avoiding the extra handle frame. The
> feel of these icons would be pretty much like those on old amaroker plugin
> for kicker.
>
> All icons are desaturated (ala cashew) but still recognizable, until the
> mouse goes over one of them. This icon "recovers the color" with an
> animation (sorry for the untechnical expresion) and it's ready to be clicked
> by the user. Of course, this behaviour only happens when the desktop
> components are unlocked, and I'm supposing that in this state the user only
> wants to play with the layout of plasmoids, not to interact with them.
>
> Every action can be place in a different corner of the plasmoid, to help
> easy recognition, not only by the icon, but by its position. You can easily
> remember that, for example, rotation is low-left corner and changing size is
> low-right, etc. The center of the plasmoid (greater area, easy to click) can
> be set for dragging the plasmoid.
>
> Visually, it could be like the image attached. Sorry for the HORRIBLE
> HORRIBLE mock-up. It's done in a quick&dirty way with MS paint at job
> office... but I hope it helps to get the idea.
>
> http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2929/widgethandlemockupcc4.th.png
>

> 2008/6/27 Loïc Marteau <loic.marteau at gmail.com>:
>
> Hello !
>>
>> Sorry if this has already been talked but i would like to open a thread
>> about the frame draws by the applet handle.
>> For people wo doesn't know well plasma terminology I talk about the
>> configuration frame who appears when mouse is over a plasmoid so the
>> user can resize, rotate, configure or move the plasmoid on the Desktop
>>
>> My personal opinion is that this frame is not very pretty and that there
>> is not interest to make it an entire frame around the applet. So I feel
>> that it disturbs the user visually and functionally speaking.
>>
>> Perhaps we can :
>>
>>    * just keep the small area who contains the icons, and add a move icon.
>>    * better imho to a maximum reduce the visual pollution : add a
>>      cashew for that ! on the top right corner of each applets
>>          o The cashew let appears icons and text for each possible
>>            action when mouse is over the cashew and not on mouse click
>>            so we don't need to make one more click than before for
>>            doing the same thing.
>>          o Like first solution, add a move icon.
>>    * Other ideas...
>>
>> What do you think about ?
>>
>> Cheers !
>>
>> Loic
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