I was wondering if we should have something like a CHANGELOG for plasmate where we can put information about new functionality, and so on. Is it possible ?
Regards On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Yuen Hoe Lim<yuenho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Seems like I'm really not able to catch up with you on IRC, so lets >> discuss it on mail till I get my exams over. >> I think these points raised by Aaron should be helpful for us to make >> our initial "goal" list :) > > Ok sure :) > >> >> * the two large +s should probably be made a lot smaller and moved into >> the >> corners >> >> >> I think this should be easy to do. Give it a try? > > I shrunk the buttons in r983471 already :P Question now is where should the > shrunken buttons go. > >> >> * when the previewer is quite small, the nice overlay doesn't fit; perhaps >> it >> should pop up a regular QMenu instead? certainly not as pretty, but it >> will >> work better in small areas >> >> >> When I made the previewer small, and tried the current overlay menu, I >> >> get tooltips when I hover my mouse over the options, so maybe no need to >> >> get >> >> rid off this 'pretty' feature. What do you think? > > I think what Aaron means is that when the previewer is small, some of the > menu items (for example when you click one of the +'s) becomes lost > offscreen, since the overlay is only as big as the widget itself. I think > there was some talk the other day saying we might want the previewer in a > new tab? If this is the case then this shouldn't be an issue anymore I think > since there's plenty of real estate in a new tab, so maybe we KIV this one > until that is decided? >> >> >> * the middle button at the top should reload the applet when clicked >> >> * the control buttons should probably either shrink or even move out of >> the >> view until the mouse passes over them >> >> >> You've in process of doing this I suppose. (Revision 983471) > > > They work already actually (in r983471), though not necessarily in an > intelligent manner given my experience with all this :P >> >> * being able to choose the wallpaper might be a nice feature, and very >> easy to >> provide (see plasmawallpaperviewer in kdebase/workspace/plasma/ >> tools/) >> >> >> Again, a light task. > > Working on this >> >> * it needs to be wrapped up in a QDockWidget container and integrated into >> the >> plasmate application. >> >> >> Not sure about this one right now (really not getting time :P). > > I'm not really sure about this one too. I think it is already presently > wrapped in a QDockWidget in the plasmate application, but I don't have a > clear idea right now how exactly to integrate it with plasmate (ie get it to > actually preview the stuff that is being worked on in plasmate). I'd like to > give this top priority if we can though, because I think we'll be in a > better position to make design decisions and think of enhancements once it > actually works. Maybe I'll try to catch Morpheuz on irc and fire him some > questions :P > >> >> Further, there some resizing issues when the Previewer is made larger >> or smaller, or moved from one dock area to another. We'll have to sort >> this out too. > > Ok > >> >> I will try to get online on #plasma whenever I find time (during >> 1200-1430 UTC as you told me). >> Cheers !! > > Ok, all the best with your exams!! > > ---- > Jason "moofang" Lim Yuen Hoe > http://yuenhoe.co.cc/ > > -- Shantanu Tushar (GMT +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
