KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/devicenotifier

Jacopo De Simoi wilderkde at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 23:46:41 CEST 2010


> On Wednesday 14 July 2010 20:10:42 Jacopo De Simoi wrote:
> > SVN commit 1149977 by jacopods:
> > 
> > First attempt to get rid of the capacity bar in the device notifier: use a
> > Plasma::Meter with tooltips. Screenshot:
> > http://imagebin.ca/view/ccJ3dD.html
> 
> No longer displays amount of free space --> regression.
> Avoidable tooltips -> Usability problem.

I agree, suggestions?

> Bug you mentioned -> Qt bug (fixed in 4.7).

Indeed, since Qt 4.7 would probably be required for KDE SC 4.6, I agree that 
I could in principle leave it as-is. 
 
> What are the actual improvements then?
I'm just trying to experiment early in the release cycle to see if I can get some good ideas;
The point is to make sure to have a consistent look; right now the look of the capacitybar 
depends on the qt widget style, which doesn't sound exactly right to me.
I mean... I can live with it, but I'd like to come up with something more, well… elegant :)


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