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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 308233] New: Usability: View > Plugins/Scripts confusing, display in dialogs instead
From:       Hans Chen <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-10-11 12:36:37
Message-ID: bug-308233-17878 () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308233

            Bug ID: 308233
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.3.0
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: joris.guisson@gmail.com
           Summary: Usability: View > Plugins/Scripts confusing, display
                    in dialogs instead
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: hanswchen@gmail.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: ktorrent

I think it would be better to display "Plugins" and "Scripts" in dialogs
instead of switching the view from Torrents, which I found to be confusing.
Here's what I experienced:

I use the AppMenu runner (see e.g.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/appmenu-runner-hud-like-functionality.html) to
access entries in the menu. Thus, my menubar is always hidden by default.

Today I wanted to configure some Plugins in KTorrent, so I enter "plu" in
KRunner and hit enter. The plugins showed up - I expected it to be a dialog
covering the KTorrent window - I configured what I needed, and closed the
"dialog". To my surprise the KTorrent window was gone. Even worse, when I tried
to restore KTorrent or restart the application I would still get the Plugins
window!

With the menubar hidden there's no way to tell that the view has changed, and
that you need to switch back to "Torrents".

Granted, my setup is a bit special, but I can imagine other people getting
confused by the way you switch views. Therefore I propose to use dialogs
instead to show View > Plugins and View > Scripts (and then perhaps moving the
entries to Settings).

Reproducible: Always

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