preview in wallpaper dialog

[Riccardo Iaconelli]

On Thursday 09 September 2010 14:51:44 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > There was a brainstorm idea that, when you hovered over a particular
> > wallpaper it would temporarily replace fade out the configuration
> > dialog and replace your existing wallpaper with the one you hovered
> > over (with all your plasmoids intact).  A button would work as well,
> > but I think having it show how your desktop will really look, complete
> > with plasmoids, is important since a lot of wallpapers and plasma
> > themes do not work well together.
> 
> If I understand correctly, that's a really bad ID usability-wise. You show
> a  preview and remove the dialog the user is operating on under his nose.

Apart for the idea of removing the dialog on which the user is operating, I 
think this is a good idea. It probably overlaps a little with the "apply" 
button, but it's much faster and doesn't require clicks.

Bye,
-Riccardo
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