On Friday 18 April 2014 14:10:05 Marco Martin wrote: > On Friday 18 April 2014, Martin Klapetek wrote: > > Hey, > > > > if there's no plasma config existing, plasma is run for the first time in > > a > > multi-screen env, should plasma create a (default) panel on each screen? > > no, i don't think so. > I think we should pursue the default of "as clean as possible" and adding > stuff by default only where strictly necessary. > Btw, Unity does that by default and is a frequent complaint, while others > like windows and mac don't
I agree with Marco here. The problem is that people use multiple screens for all kinds of different purposes. For people who use two screens basically like one very wide screen, a panel on each one may indeed be helpful, but that's not always the case. I, for example, have one dual-screen setup at home and one at work, and both wouldn't benefit from a second panel: At work, I have my laptop hooked up to an external monitor which is a lot bigger than the laptop. I use the external monitor as my main screen and the laptop monitor as my secondary screen where I place my mail client, music player, etc. A panel on that screen would just waste space. At home, I have my TV hooked to my PC, which I only use to play videos, so a panel would not be helpful there, either. Another common case for two "screens" is a projector, where people might not like to have a panel, either. Would I _would_ find useful, though, is to have a "reduced panel" with the things we consider useful for a second screen as a third pre-configured option for "Add Panel". That way people could just add such a panel easily themselves if they wish. Cheers, Thomas _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
