2009/10/4 Aaron J. Seigo <ase...@kde.org> > On October 4, 2009, Jacopo De Simoi wrote: > > now, we believe that it is ready for merging into trunk. Of course we > need > > your feedback first, so grab it, try it out and tell us what you think! > > i still don't see the need for either of the popup control options. why > should > we care how long it pops up? > > i can think of two use cases for the "show pop up when device is inserted": > > a) the user simply doesn't want that behaviour but still wants access to > their > devices > > b) the user has set up the notifier to not display some devices and so > doesn't > want it popping up when those devices are inserted > > (b) is probably easily done by simply not popping up the window if the > device > is hidden in it. >
if the device inserted is hidden the popup doesn't show up, it doesn't matter if that option is enabled or not. so the usecase behind that option was (a). > so the question is "is (a) worth supporting?" personally, i don't think so. > the point of this thing is as a device *notifier*. it's not just a device > *lister*. > but in the real world the main point of this applet is to access the devices, because if i insert a cd or a usb drive i don't need the computer to tell me that i inserted it, i already know that! > > so, there's the possibility that the user has more than one of these on > their > screen. why? because they've hidden some devices in one and others in > another > to "sort them out". in that case i can see why they may not want to have > them > all pop up when they plug a device in. so the whole "show only certain > devices" feature no leads us to having people who want yet more features to > deal with the side effects of that feature. > > *sigh* > > what's the bet that when we release this widget someone looks at the > options > and then requests "can i show only fixed devices?" it's something of a > pandora's box that is being opened up with this set of options. > > my suggestion is this: > > turn the "show removable devices only" option into a combobox that offers > three options: "Removable devices", "Non-removable devices", "All devices" > and > have it default to first one. the label could be "Show:" > > that's a good idea, it brings more order too. > remove both the popup control options and make the popup only happen when > the > device is actually to be shown in the notifier. > > let's see if we get any significant feedback requesting popup controls with > that. once we offer features we can't easily take them back, no matter how > much pain they cause us. we can easily add features later, however, if it > turns out they are really needed. > > -- > Aaron J. Seigo > humru othro a kohnu se > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Development Frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel > >
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