baloo monitor visibility

[Andrew Lake]

It seems this desktop search monitor fits squarely into the "powerful when
needed" bucket. In that sense I don't think it is necessary to expose it
through any of the primary search interfaces (Alt-F2 or application menu).
That doesn't mean it should be completely hidden away since when it is
actually needed, it shouldn't be difficult to find.

I'm thinking perhaps we fold it into Search kcm as an indication of the
status of the search system. It could be helpful there if the user wants to
make a change to the search settings based on that information. I think we
should still do the plasmoid for the instances where the user might like to
do some long term monitoring. I'd suggest providing a way to access the
Search kcm from the plasmoid in case that user would like to make some
changes based on what they're seeing.

That's my 2c. Hope it helps,
Andrew

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:33 AM Harald Sitter <sitter at kde.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Pinak Ahuja <pinak.ahuja at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > In fact I'm working on a plasmoid with the monitor's functionality, which
> > will show up in the tray. Maybe we can hide the monitor from applications
> > and add a button to plasmoid? i.e. if we do end up shipping the plasmoid.
>
> I think that would give it much more context, so that'd be cool.
>
> Mark and Martin do have a point in that it potentially being valuable
> without context though (such as when run from krunner by someone who
> knows what it does). I am not sure having it completely standalone is
> necessarily the way to go about this though. In particular I'd much
> rather have it be a KCM in ksysguard as it is a diagnostic tool for
> all intents and purposes (or kinfocenter... or fold it into the
> regular baloo KCM?).
> The one and only problem I have with the tool being in the menu is
> that it lacks any sort of context and at least to me file search is
> part of the workspace at large, so it being listed as a utility feels
> a lot like if for example the plasma wallpaper configuration was
> listed there.
>
> Perhaps you could ask the visual design group for some input on this?
>
> HS
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