Featurlets for 4.7

[Anne-Marie Mahfouf]

On Sunday 13 February 2011 20:21:56 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Sunday, February 13, 2011, todd rme wrote:
> > Okay, I will do so.  Not all of these ideas are mine, I am just
> 
> > passing along the ones I think are worthwhile:
> thanks for the list. please add the ones with consensus to the web page.
> 
> > Image Wallpaper:
> > 1. When you hover over a wallpaper in the list for a certain amount of
> > time, show that wallpaper on the desktop.  This lets you get a
> > full-size preview of the wallpaper and lets you see how it works with
> > your current theme.
> 
> -1; we covered why already in the past on this list.
> 
> > 2. Have a "custom" wallpaper position option.  This would let you set
> > the position and scaling in both horizontal and vertical dimensions,
> > either to presets like align top or bottom, or to custom values in
> > pixels.  This is useful for people who want to have one wallpaper span
> > multiple desktops, they can set the same image but show different
> > parts of that image.
> 
> -1; there are better ways of acheiving that, e.g. actually dividing up the
> image in a proper, competent image editor.
> 
> > Slideshow wallpaper:
> > 1. Link slideshows.  All the slideshow wallpapers that have this
> > option enabled would use the same timing and random number generator,
> > so they would all show the same wallpaper at the same time.  Useful
> > for multi-monitor setups
> 
> +1; would also be nice for multi-screen single image wallpapers too. i
> think this should be a multi-monitor-only option in the image wallpaper.
> 
> > Character Map:
> > 1. Lets uses set characters that they use often.  On the desktop,
> > these would probably appear as a list at the top or bottom of the
> > plasmoid.  In the panel, they would appear as a list next to the icon.
> 
> +1
> 
> > Device Notifier:
> > 1. Double click on a device to open it in the default application.
> > Alternatively, have an icon on the right with the default application
> > and click on that.
> 
> -1; single click means two clicks, so there is no savings here. it will
> only make the code even more complex for no real win.
> 
> > Lock/Logout:
> > 1. Add more options: Screen saver, shut down, reboot, turn off screen.
> 
> screen saver == lock; shutdown and reboot == leave; turn off screen is
> better left to hardware keys.
> 
> > 2. Put icons of the options next to the options on the config dialog.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Pager:
> > 1. Show a thumbnail of the desktop on hover
> 
> +1; should be done via a kwin effect just like we do the window thumbnails.
> 
> > Task Manager:
> > 1. Drag tasks to desktop to move them to current virtual desktop/activity
> 
> +1; this already works with the pager. it should be implemented in the
> "desktop" containment.
> 
> > 2. Drag tasks to activity manager or activity bar to add them to that
> > activity.
> 
> +1
> 
> > Search & Launch Containment:
> > 1. Add breadcrumbs next to the "back" button.
> 
> +1 (same for kickoff, btw :)
> 
> > Kalgebra and Qalculate widgets:
> > 1. Merge the widgets, user can set the back-end.
> > 
> > 2. History button that shows the last 10 or so calculations and results.
> 
> +1
yes, KAlgebra one should be moved out of KDE-Edu and the applet should detect 
whether KAlgebra is installed.

Worth GSoC or too light work? 

Anne-Marie
> > Calculator:
> > 1. Scientific mode
> 
> no; start a different plasmoid that can become the uber graphing science
> monster calculator :)
> 
> > 2. History button that shows the last 10 or so calculations and results.
> 
> +1
> 
> > Quicklaunch:
> > 1. The popup button should scale with widget size and position itself
> > properly with widget layout when on the desktop
> 
> +1
> 
> > 2. Enable and disable labels independently for the main portion and
> > the popup.  Currently the popup always has labels.
> 
> what would the point of this be?
> 
> > Folder view:
> > 1. On hover on the title, show a "refresh" button.
> 
> when is refresh needed?
> 
> > Kate sessions:
> > 1. Right-clicking on a session should give you options to remove or
> > hide that session
> > 
> > Konqueror profiles:
> > 1. Right-clicking on a profile should give you options to remove or
> > hide that session
> 
> +1 to both
> 
> > Preview:
> > 1. Integrate the "preview" widget with the dolphin part, so when
> > clicking the "preview" action in dolphin it popups up the preview
> > widget above dolphin with a preview of that file
> 
> not sure about this one; would highly depend on the UI implementation imho.
> 
> > World clock
> > 1. Let the user temporarily set a custom time for the local time zone,
> > and the use the mouse to check what that time is in other time zones.
> 
> we already do that in the clock plasmoids; world clock is a marble thing,
> though. making it consistent with the other clock plasmoids would be good.
> 
> > Panel:
> > 1. In autohide mode, the panel has a nice animation when the panel is
> > shown.  In "windows can cover" mode, putting your cursor at the screen
> > edge also shows the panel, but there is no animation.  Probably the
> > "fade" effect would be best.
> 
> +1; this is a kwin thing.
> 
> > 2. Not everyone like showing the panel at the screen edge in "windows
> > can cover" mode.  Make a "windows always cover" mode that doesn't do
> > this.
> 
> -1; the # of people that this would make happy versus the # of people who
> wouldn't use it versus the annoyance of having to explain that in the
> config UI + having yet another entry there == not interesting :)
> 
> > 3. The panel should unhide when you drag a widget to it.
> 
> it does for new widgets; if you mean drag'n'drop (DnD) between
> containments, well, that whole system needs a rewrite. what needs to
> happen is once the widget hits the "edge" (+ some margin?) of the
> containment it should be turned into a QDrag and "normal" DnD can begin.
> at which point, the panels will all Just Work(tm). bonus: it will also fix
> the "between multiple screens", "from panel to desktop" and perhaps even
> "between multiple activities" problem of DnD not supported well.
> 
> > Widget Explorer:
> > 1. The search field on the widget explorer should have focus when you
> > open it.
> 
> +1
> 
> > Cashew:
> > 1. Mouse actions for the cashew.  Currently we have mouse actions for
> > doing mouse events on the desktop.  We should have the same thing for
> > the cashew (except for left mouse click, of course).  For instance a
> > user could have scroll wheel on the desktop to change virtual
> > desktops, and scroll wheel on the cashew to change activities.
> 
> mmm.. sounds complicated, in terms of configuration. it's possible, but my
> questions would be:
> 
> * why just on the toolbox, rather than the whole containment?
> * what would the configuration UI look like?
> 
> > Activites:
> > 1. Remember your current virtual desktop on a per-activity basis
> 
> +1; this belongs in kwin, btw, and represents an extension of the metadata
> associated with an activity. that is not a bad thing. quite the opposite,
> in fact: we want more applications providing application specific metadata
> to make activities more immersive.
> 
> mgraesslin needs to +1 this one, though, as kwin maintainer :)
> 
> > All widgets:
> > 1. Fix scroll bar middle click.  In KDE, middle clicking on a scroll
> > bar jumps to that location.  However, this does not work consistently
> > with plasma widgets.
> 
> +1