Which settings should go in the settings dialog of a Plasmoid?

Thomas Pfeiffer colomar at autistici.org
Sun Apr 14 18:14:49 UTC 2013


On Sunday 14 April 2013 13:58:50 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Saturday, April 13, 2013 15:00:21 David Edmundson wrote:
> > I think the clock example is going to be even more confusing if we
> > have both your system time zone and settings for which time zone are
> > shown in the plasmoid both together in the same config window.
> > Splitting provides a sense of scope to the changes.
> 
> that was my thinking as well.
> 
> until i took an arrow to the knee.
> 
> no. wait. until i watched people using it.
> 
> i think what needs to be made clear in such situations is that these
> settings are global. can be done in the case of the clock with System Time
> or some such naming.

If we want to recommend this as an HIG (which I'd clearly prefer), we should 
come up with a generic way to distinguish between Plasmoid-specific and wider-
scope options. Either with some consistent visual indicator (if that's 
possible) or in wording (like a "Global:" prefix or something).


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