https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407428
Bug ID: 407428
Summary: Message now appear in the middle of the editor window
(bad UX)
Product: kate
Version: 18.12.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: nfx...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
At some point, kate started to show messages at the top/right corner of the
editor window. That was already bad UX. Recently (since 18.08.0 at least, and
still present in 18.12.3), it moved the message to the middle of the editor
window. This is even worse.
The middle of the editor window is an area where you focus. It's not unlikely
that the message covers the area at your current cursor position. The old
message was annoying, but could be ignored because it was in the corner. Now
it's, well, harder to ignore. What really upsets me is that the message keeps
its own timeout, so it won't go away when you move the cursor around or so. The
alpha fade-out reminds me of chinese water torture similar to cursor blinking.
It's just got to make you wait for a second to stress its own importance,
right?
I don't just want to nag. There have been significant improvements to UX in
kate in the recent years. But this is just bad and I really wonder what
motivated this change to move it to the middle of the editor window at all. Who
wants this?
I suggest removing these fade-in messages. Put them into some sort of status
bar at the bottom instead. Make the message persistent and remove it only on
user interaction. (For example searching again would remove the message that
the search wrapped. No timeouts.)
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