> On Sept. 10, 2015, 1:13 p.m., andreas kainz wrote: > > the thing is that it is not easy for the user to add or use an alternative > > plasmoid cause the plasmoids don't have specific application icons. now it > > is a mix between the user application icons, action icons, .... > > > > the VDG discuss to make for all widgets specific application icons. But > > first it is much work and second an preview would be much better cause the > > user will know what will be added. In addition the activity sidebar and the > > application switcher sidebar also have previews so we start talking about > > an global look and feel see > > user-prompt.com/look-and-feel-of-plasma-sidebars/ > > > > For the user previews would be the best way to show what the widget is used > > for. For the VDG it is less work to make screenshots than application icons > > and for the overall design it would be more consistent. > > > > The problem that screenshots could be fast outdated is true but as long as > > the plasma theme don't change that much the widgets would have the same > > screenshot. In addition plasmoids from ghns have also screenshots to show > > the user what he will download. If there is no screenshot the app icon was > > shown. > > > > About the size. Now the list is quite long so it would be nice to have two > > columns and we prefere also to have two columns in addition the use can > > resize the panel to get an better overview. > > > > This is an rewrite for plasma mobile and I think we had a good solution for > > an consistant look and feel and should use it for the rewrite.
> The problem that screenshots could be fast outdated is true but as long as > the plasma theme don't change that much the widgets would have the same > screenshot. If we use history as a factor: it changes a lot. The plasma theme had tweaks to it in almost every release. We shouldn't just ignore that point. I'm not opposed to the feature, but I think we should think about the long term scalability of the feature. I'm in this situation now with kwin effects, which all got created just a month or two before breeze got started. So please consider this point as experience talking to you ;-) For KWin I think the solution will be live preview: start a nested kwin which demonstrates the effect. Maybe something like that could also be done in this case. Instead of showing a screenshot, start plasmoidviewer in a dedicated mode to truly preview it (including interaction). - Martin ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125135/#review85102 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Sept. 10, 2015, 12:53 p.m., Marco Martin wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125135/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Sept. 10, 2015, 12:53 p.m.) > > > Review request for Plasma and andreas kainz. > > > Repository: plasma-desktop > > > Description > ------- > > As requested by the VDG, show screenshots in the widget explorer when > available, to have a look similar to the activity manager (they'll do > screenshots for all our plasmoids). > when a screenshot is not available, it falls back to the old design. > this is an in-between design, the latest design would be with two columns > instead of one, but that would need to be tested as well beforehand, both in > the widget explorer and the activity switcher > > > Diffs > ----- > > desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletDelegate.qml 7ded06e > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/125135/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > > File Attachments > ---------------- > > snapshot6.png > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/09/10/73db8a25-adaa-4d18-9aa5-35f2c5156ad4__snapshot6.png > > > Thanks, > > Marco Martin > >
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