Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Dario Freddi
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 15:08:05 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 14:09:27 Markus Slopianka wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 12:54:50 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote: > > > what forum please? 'once again'? > > > > This time http://www.osnews.com/thread?439532 but

Re: configChanged coverage for 4.6

2010-09-08 Thread Marco Martin
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Saturday, September 4, 2010, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > >> hi all... > >> > >> as you can see here: > >> > >> http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Tasks#Plasmoids > > i went to finish off my evening by implementing configChanged() in another > wid

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Marco Martin
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Markus Slopianka wrote: > Hi. > I wonder why Plasma widgets in Plasma Desktop can be rotated. Why would > anyone need > individual widgets to be upside down? Isn't this one of those micro-options > we once stated > to get rid of? > I couldn't catch up with this

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Giulio Camuffo
In data mercoledì 08 settembre 2010 16:57:29, Markus Slopianka ha scritto: > I really don't like to repeat myself: > The feature is (IMO) useless and adds clutter to the GUI and apparently I'm > not the only one who thinks this way. Sorry, but i don't think "it adds clutter" means so much. The App

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Matteo Agostinelli
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:57, Markus Slopianka wrote: > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 15:04:40 Giulio Camuffo wrote: > >> I really can't understand what's the problem here. If you don't want to >> rotate your plasmoids, fine. But i really don't find why a tiny icon is >> that a problem. Does it g

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Markus Slopianka
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 15:04:40 Giulio Camuffo wrote: > I really can't understand what's the problem here. If you don't want to > rotate your plasmoids, fine. But i really don't find why a tiny icon is > that a problem. Does it get in the way when you want to do something? no. > Is it brok

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread nuno pinheiro
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 14:08:05 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 14:09:27 Markus Slopianka wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 12:54:50 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote: > > > what forum please? 'once again'? > > > > This time http://www.osnews.com/thread?439532 but

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 14:09:27 Markus Slopianka wrote: > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 12:54:50 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote: > > what forum please? 'once again'? > > This time http://www.osnews.com/thread?439532 but I've read this several > times already in addition to my own feeling tha

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Giulio Camuffo
In data mercoledì 08 settembre 2010 14:09:27, Markus Slopianka ha scritto: > This time http://www.osnews.com/thread?439532 but I've read this several > times already in addition to my own feeling that this most useless feature > of all time should better go away. I really can't understand what's t

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Markus Slopianka
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 12:54:50 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote: > what forum please? 'once again'? This time http://www.osnews.com/thread?439532 but I've read this several times already in addition to my own feeling that this most useless feature of all time should better go away. _

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Anne-Marie Mahfouf
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 03:33:00 Markus Slopianka wrote: > > why do you ask? > > I wondered about that option for a longer time. I never used it and I never > found it useful. Today I once again stumbled over a forum post by someone > who wondered why that "useless" option is present anyway

Re: Why rotate widgets?

2010-09-08 Thread Markus Slopianka
> on a screen laying flat or which can be tilted: to make for a more > appropriate viewing angle. Isn't that the responsibility of RandR? Personally I'd rather have a global tool (KRandR or some other "rotate Activity" tool) that to rotate Plasmoids individually. > from a development POV it all