Re: notifications, again :D

2010-01-27 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Marco Martin > problem is that atm there is no concept of importance in the spec > and since all members are in the signarure of a single function call, no ways > to add it in a compatible way. > > what we can do now is an ugly whitelist: this is from the powermanager, so i > care more

Re: [KDE Usability] Mini Usability Testing Ideas?

2009-10-21 Thread Jamboarder
For the record I have worked to maintain this code. And I have committed to fixing these bugs for the 4.4 release and said as much in the bug report. If my efforts have been/are inadequate feel free to remove the module. Peace and much respect, Andrew Lake - Original Message > From:

Re: zui ideas

2009-07-13 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Chani > > > Selecting an activity could use the same Qt/KDE selection model similar to > > what's used throughout the desktop (essentially a single selection view). > > Keyboard navigation could be the same as elsewhere on the desktop: arrows > > keys highlight, enter activates (zooms i

Re: zui ideas

2009-07-12 Thread Jamboarder
It's been a while (since the 4.2 cycle) since I've contributed to plasma; things got really busy this last six months. If it's worth anything, I thought I'd provide a little feedback on this zui topic. - Original Message > From: Chani > zoom 2 (fully zoomed out): > ... > zoom level

Re: Systray jobs and notifications

2009-04-10 Thread Jamboarder
nterested in how many "notifications" and are any of them still "doing something". For the more detailed information about how many and which jobs are in progress or complete, the user can click to see. Just a suggestion... Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake _

Aya updates (was Re: Plasma and KWin Integration)

2009-02-16 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Sebastian Kügler > On Thursday 12 February 2009 17:44:14 Jamboarder wrote: > > Let me know what you'd like to see improved in Aya and I'll work on it. > > I hadn't had a look at Aya in a while (I think only at what has been shipped > with OpenSuse)

Re: Plasma and KWin Integration

2009-02-12 Thread Jamboarder
ome touch-ups though. Let me know what you'd like to see improved in Aya and I'll work on it. Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Desktop containment question

2009-02-04 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Ivan Čukić > Right now, there is no possibility to place widgets so that they go off the > desktop edge. If you place them like that, they pop back in when the widget > handles disappear. > > The problem is not the first fact, but the pop-back-in behavior is a bit > peculiar. Proposed

Happy Camp KDE wish

2009-01-18 Thread Jamboarder
her chilly morning in Seattle. :-) Happy Camp KDE, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Plasma Applet Direction

2009-01-16 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo > hmm... let's brainstorm on this ... things that are "global" plasma settings: > > * Plasma theme > * install/remove widgets > * per-virtual-desktop views > > anything else? These are a little speculative but: - panel-follows-activity? - Activity -> Icon threshold for s

Re: Icons only mode for tasks plasmoid

2009-01-16 Thread Jamboarder
their own or as part of the existing tasks widget. In this case perhaps icon-only task recognition, properly implemented, could be useful as well. Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: kde community plasma integration

2009-01-07 Thread Jamboarder
f the line between those who create (producers) and those who experience what's created (consumers). Community, by my view, thrives on this line blurring, especially when the blurring is well executed. Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-d

Re: Updated plasma themes

2009-01-05 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo > On Monday 05 January 2009, Jamboarder wrote: > > I wonder if this is the same problem that causes the > clock hands to get big > > when changing between themes. > > you mean the one i fixed yesterday? if you haven't > updated since th

Re: Updated plasma themes

2009-01-05 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo > > the icon in the extender dragger > > gets HUGE for some theme changes, > > perhaps due to resize()ing the svg in > FrameSvgPrivate::updateSizes? this would > happen if the edges are also SVG elements (and therefore > scalable) and LARGE > inside the fie. which theme(

Re: Updated plasma themes

2009-01-05 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Ivan Čukić > Cool, thanks for that. Was planning to do that myself but > had no time :( No problem Ivan, Andrew ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Updated plasma themes

2009-01-05 Thread Jamboarder
freeze. Slim Glow and Aya are up-to-date as well. I'll keep and eye out for any additional updates from these theme authors and try to make sure the versions in trunk are up-to-date when 4.2 final is tagged. Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake P.S. Notice a couple minor theme-c

Re: setPassivePopup(true) for Battery applet?

2009-01-02 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > Would there be any objection to using > setPassivePopup(true) for the battery > > applet. > > yes, and for the same reason that making kicker a passive > popup would be > inane: th

setPassivePopup(true) for Battery applet?

2008-12-31 Thread Jamboarder
. Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Jamboarder wrote: > ... That leaves Kickoff " and > " and "Search" text (missed that > one) as well as System Monitor (my latest svn rev - > r902603). I tell a lie: System Monitor works just fine

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Marco Martin wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > --- On Sun, 12/28/08, Marco Martin > wrote: > > Quick, simple fix to emit the themeChanged signal > after the plasma color > > scheme update has been committed. This fixes all

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Marco Martin wrote: > yes, in themes without a colors file the > kdisplayPaletteChanged() signal is > connected to themeChanged() signal, so is the only one > needed Just noticed that themeChanged() was being emitted at the same time the Plasma color scheme was being updat

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2008 17:59:08 Jamboarder wrote: > > > > Sorry I should have been more clear. > > > > The test-case were for color changes only, not just > theme changes (which is > > also a good te

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Petri Damstén > On Sunday 28 December 2008 13:28:49 Marco Martin wrote: > > > > - System Monitor: graphs > > > > > > Currently hard coded. Not sure where to get good > colors for these? > > > > plasma background and text color, with ad added quite > hight amount of > > alpha? > > cpu & te

Re: General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-28 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Sebastian Kügler > On Sunday 28 December 2008 16:42:44 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2008 21:03:27 Jamboarder > wrote: > > > Just thought I'd mention that I've been > testing how applets response to > > > color chang

General applet test-case: Color change

2008-12-27 Thread Jamboarder
label I used the latest version of the Aya theme to test. Hope this is helpful, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake P.S. I'll mostly be working on the final artwork tidy ups for Aya till the artwork freeze, so less time for code fixes (hence this email). _

"Desktop Settings" string in Desktop Theme Details

2008-12-26 Thread Jamboarder
The term "Desktop Settings" is used in a dialog in the Desktop Theme Details kcm. I'd like to correct it to say "Appearance Settings" but wanted to check if there would be a problem with this since it is after the string freeze. Thanks for your help,

Re: Moving plasma themes to kdeartworks

2008-12-23 Thread Jamboarder
in kdebase/workspace/desktopthemes and put the rest in kdeartwork like Ricardo suggested? Thanks much, Andrew (jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Help figuring out theming problem

2008-12-18 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Marco Martin > On Sunday 14 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > I've been working on updating Aya for the 4.2 > release. However, I've been > > running into a few problems that I'm having > trouble figuring out. Below > > are some screensho

Re: Help figuring out theming problem

2008-12-14 Thread Jamboarder
From: Marco Martin > > On Sunday 14 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > I've been working on updating Aya for the 4.2 release. However, I've been > >running into a few problems that I'm having trouble figuring out. Below > > are some screenshot links

Help figuring out theming problem

2008-12-14 Thread Jamboarder
reciated. The latest version of the theme is already checked in. much respect and thanks for any help, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake P.S. Let me know if you're unable to see the pics. ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: New theme inclusion for 4.2

2008-12-13 Thread Jamboarder
incomplete last i checked. the art work freeze is > Jan 9th, so this is well within the cut-off. i'm in favour of this; please > move > it to kdeplasma-addons =) Yay! I like Clean Blend! I started updating Aya for 4.2 a couple weeks ago and I hope to get most of the rest of the

Re: Review Request: Add textbox to calendar to copy paste current date

2008-12-04 Thread Jamboarder
From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >perhaps not painting the text edit's background and setting > the text colour to white would be sensible, as would > centering it beneath the calendar. white->plasma theme text color sorry, I've been a little sensitive to hard-coded colors since I'm upd

Re: Activities interaction

2008-12-01 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Monday 01 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > The primary function of "Zoom Out", at least in desktop's current form, > > seems to be to show available activities. Once there, you can choose to > >

Activities interaction

2008-12-01 Thread Jamboarder
a little trouble with space. Just a few random thoughts I thought I'd write down before they wander off. Hope this helps. peace and respect, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Systray Notifications

2008-11-29 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sat, 11/29/08, Rob Scheepmaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rob Scheepmaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... I don't > think that there's much else > we can do about this (except grouping for 4.3). If you have > any suggestions, > please tell. :) > > Regards, > Rob How about having a max

Re: Systray Notifications

2008-11-29 Thread Jamboarder
--- On Sat, 11/29/08, Andras Mantia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Andras Mantia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Systray Notifications > To: plasma-devel@kde.org > Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 7:41 AM > Rob Scheepmaker wrote: > > > There is a way to know if the progress info should

Re: plasma, panels, colours

2008-11-07 Thread Jamboarder
ing to solve is the distinction between active and inactive windows then I think this is a good, practical approach to the problem. My 2 cents, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: tasks painting semplification

2008-10-27 Thread Jamboarder
hen the theme author omits the svg, use the default theme svg. I'm all for doing away with the qpainter cruft. Hope this helps, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Plasma::Svg and performance

2008-10-15 Thread Jamboarder
at was two questions...). Respect, Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Plasma::Svg and performance

2008-10-15 Thread Jamboarder
h is different that the current one) Should a clear/refresh be triggered if the path hasn't changed but the actual file has? Are there other events that should trigger a refresh? Is it worth consolidating the clearing/refresh of these "persistent stores" in one place (at least

Re: kdreview check in

2008-10-14 Thread Jamboarder
t; than one component > in your message =) /tools/desktopthemedetails should be ok to go unless there are objections. Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake ___ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel

Re: Desktop Theme Details kcm in kdereview

2008-10-11 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Saturday 11 October 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > Converted this to a kcm as suggested. Allows user to > change individual > > cool; is it in playground? I actually put it in kdereview/plasma/tools/desktopthemedetails.

Desktop Theme Details kcm in kdereview

2008-10-11 Thread Jamboarder
ection droplist in Desktop Settings each time the dialog is opened. This is necessary to show the customized theme created by the kcm. Let me know if it's ok and I'll commit this patch. Hopefully this'll be useful and can find a home in kdebase/workspace/plasma/tools. Respect,

Re: Review Request: Desktop Settings Theme Details

2008-10-06 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ah, one thought: do you think it would make sense to have some sort of > registry system for the theme elements so that your dialog could just read in > a config file or something that describes the configurable theme elements? > that > way we wouldn

Re: Review Request: Desktop Settings Theme Details

2008-10-06 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > of course, if you only create a cool clock face or a cool panel, everything > else defaults back to the default theme. you don't have to create a "full > theme" even today. Just a quick note that this only allows for say a cool clock - default combin

Re: Review Request: Desktop Settings Theme Details

2008-10-06 Thread Jamboarder
> From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Monday 06 October 2008, Jamboarder wrote: > > > > I think this does not belong into desktop settings. How about doing it > > > > in a separate application for theme designers? it wouldn't clutter one >

Re: Review Request: Desktop Settings Theme Details

2008-10-06 Thread Jamboarder
- Original Message > From: Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: plasma-devel@kde.org > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2008 8:03:50 AM > Subject: Re: Review Request: Desktop Settings Theme Details > > On Monday 06 October 2008, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > On Monday 06 October 2008 09:28:14 A

Re: RSSNOW and news

2008-09-07 Thread Jamboarder
lors file, so it's using whatever Plasma:Theme defaults to in the absence of a colors file: the current KDE system colors by my understanding. Are these new unique-to-plasma color roles? Either way the check-up may need to occur in Plasma::Theme to make sure it defaults correctly. Hop