On Thursday 26 August 2010, Emdek wrote: > On 26-08-2010 at 17:24:43 Aaron J. Seigo <ase...@kde.org> wrote: > > On Thursday, August 26, 2010, Emdek wrote: > >> Well, this is not relevant in this case, all rendering is done by > >> WebKit, > >> user only specifies HTML to feed it and only interactions done by applet > >> are setting default font color, check if background should be displayed > >> (relevant for desktop) and calculation of scale factor to make it fit. > >> Trying to be smarter than user can cause only problems, if user mess up > >> format then he simply can reset it to one of defaults ones and try to > >> modify them again if he wants. :-) > > > > which is why i feel that adjustable clock isn't something we should ship > > with > > the default Plasma set: it makes a different set of compromises, non- > > compatible with the ones Plasma does. specifically, Plasma puts > > consistency > > and scalability above user customization (the idea being that the user > > should > > not be able to break basic visual consistencies, such as content fitting > > in a > > panel). adjustable clock takes a different POV: it's ok if things are > > breakable, the user is in control and we trust the user to break their > > own > > things or not. > > > > neither position is "right" in an absolute sense, but they are not > > particularly compatible. while it's great that Plasma allows the > > expression of > > different sets of priorities, it would run counter to the baseline ideas > > to > > ship, by default, items that don't match those prorities as well. > > > > ergo, why i want to see adjustable clock in extragear :) > > Well, if too big configure ability is a problem then I can always modify > settings interface and hide editor under some "Fine tuning" button... :-P > Until user start to mess with custom configuration he has option to choose > one of "verified ones", which are guaranteed to fit in theme.
i don't think config dialogs with two "levels" are a good idea in general > Anyway, it's better to be only applet in extragear (which in my opinion for now, but i would put a quite severe stop to new addons in the main modules (unless it is something really necessary) otherwise it will become unmnageable, so could not remain the only one for long > should be home of all addons, instead of own module, except few which > could be in kdebase, like for example showdekstop) than wait next ten > months... difference is between what is part of the "official" release ot not also whathas the same release/freeze cycle and what can be independent -- Marco Martin _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
