Fwd: [KDE Usability] Plasma - Add Widgets screen

[Ryan Rix]

Just pushing this along, not sure if any plasmafolk read the usability list...

Dont shoot the messenger,
Ryan

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Subject: [KDE Usability] Plasma - Add Widgets screen
Date: Fri 25 June 2010, 12:07:44 pm
From: Moritz Hobe <m.o at online.de>
To: kde-usability at kde.org

When rightclicking on the desktop (or a panel) and choosing 'Add Widget', 
Plasma shows this nightmare of usability at the bottom of the screen where you 
are supposed to find what you are looking for either by:

- mostly hidden, huge (no more than 12 icons fit on my 16:10 screen with 
1280px), meaningless (e.g. five clock icons for five different clock 
Plasmoids) icons for the Plasmoids themselves with tiny descriptions with two 
hardly visible arrows on the side which are shown whether they can be used or 
not (there is a left arrow even if I'm at the utmost left item in a category)

- mostly hidden categories with just two hardly visible arrows on the right 
indicating there's more to discover (if you really want to go on) and forcing 
you to click once for nearly every category

- name which you probably won't remember after having installed more than 2 
Plasmoids in a row and which even can be different to the name displayed in 
the 'Download new Widgets' dialog.

IMO, the Add Widget screen used to be a LOT better before this horrible 
makeover.
I personally find myself in the mood for exploring what the Plasmoid universe 
has to offer every once in a while, but after no more than 10 minutes, I'm 
completely frustrated with it and stick to my old fashioned, nearly clean 
desktop.
There is not even a category offering "Just installed Plasmoids".
Note: I'm only talking about SELECTING already INSTALLED Plasmoids.
The 'Download new Widgets' (or so) dialog is not exactly the best user 
experience but by far not the biggest problem here.

Will this be/has this been changed with KDE 4.5?

Regards

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Moritz
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