Display Configuration KCM design review

[Beat Wolf]

Just a small input from an observer.

I don't use a second monitor. I only open that menu when something went wrong 
with my resolution. For example when starting a game that reset the desktop 
resolution to the lowest possible one.

So my suggestion is, make sure that it is possible to use this kcm when your 
resolution is something like 640x480. It probably does, but its still 
important to be aware of the problem.

regards

Beat Wolf

On Tuesday 02 October 2012 14.29:24 Dan Vrátil wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As some might notice [0], we are working with Alex Fiestas on new display
> management for KDE. I'm now working on new KCM. Aaron suggested in comments
> below the blog post that it would be nice to discuss design of the KCM with
> you, Plasma guys.
> 
> As d_ed and few others suggested, I have rewritten the bottom control pane
> to use standard QWidgets rather then QML, so now it looks like this: [1].
> 
> Still, I really suck at UI design, so I would appreciate any input from you
> on what can improve not just integration with the rest of Workspaces but
> also user experience.
> 
> There are two problems with icons I already know about, but I'm unsure of
> the what the best step would be:
> 	1) icons for rotation - should I make special "90 deg clockwise" and "90
> deg counterclockwise" icons, as shown here [2]?
> 	2) icon for primary output - some people did not understand that the
> bookmark icon represents primary monitor. Is it OK or should I try to find
> something better (and what do you think would fit best)?
> 
> If you want to try it, you need my "fork" of Alex's libkscreen (contains
> things I didn't send to Alex for review yet) from
> scratch/dvratil/libkscreen- clone.git and the KCM from
> scratch/dvratil/displayconfiguration.git
> 
> Note: the KCM can be already used to configure monitors, but does not yet
> react to changes (i.e. it won't update when you unplug a monitor)
> 
> Cheers,
> Dan
> 
> [0] https://www.progdan.cz/2012/09/display-management-in-kde/
> [1] http://i.imgur.com/Lijng.png
> [2] http://i.minus.com/j0jCsZ3DaQQPO.jpg