[Bug 186433] New: Collect modal messages per application in a single dialog
Nicos Gollan
gtdev at spearhead.de
Sat Mar 7 09:54:35 GMT 2009
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186433
Summary: Collect modal messages per application in a single
dialog
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
ReportedBy: gtdev at spearhead.de
Version: 4.1.2 (using KDE 4.2.1)
OS: Linux
Installed from: Unlisted Binary Package
I would like to propose an improvement in the handling of multiple modal
messages being generated by a single application. Those Messages/events should
be queued and presented to the user in a single modal dialog connected to the
application requiring attention.
As an example, take certificate warnings in KMail/Kontact. I am currently
accessing four IMAP mailboxes, but none of those is using an SSL certificate
issued by a recognized CA, so I get (at least) one warning per mailbox. Those
warnings are presented in separate dialogs, placed randomly around the center
of the screen/parent window. Sometimes, even the order of those dialogs will be
screwed up, so I can't go through the messages until I find the current "top"
one. Additionally, accepting a certificate will open a new dialog asking if the
certificate should be accepted temporarily or permanently, which will again be
placed with a slight offset, making for a neat little game of hunt and seek.
A potentially better system would collect all those dialogs in a queue
representing the order in which the dialogs have to be answered, and presenting
them to the user in a single dialog, along with a counter how many requests are
pending, perhaps an indicator of importance, etc.
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