From kde-core-devel  Wed Apr 24 09:25:13 2002
From: Simon MacMullen <simon.macmullen () aspect-proteus ! com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:25:13 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: RE: Improving the Layout of KControl modules (was: Re Gnome ....)
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=101964061319689

Torsten:
> > 'Show Previews for' should go into an own module
> > 'File Browsing' -> 'File Previews' -> Tab:'General'
> > The listview would be extended to have two checkboxes for each
> > item: one for Konqueror and one for KDesktop and it would have
> > to be renamed to 'Preferred Previews'.
> > 
> > Instead of having multiple choices in Konqueror 'View' ->
> > 'Preview' -> 'images, ...' one would only be able to enable
> > or disable those previews selected in this dialog. If you
> > haven't noticed it yet: Switching between 'Enabling all
> > the preferred previews' and 'Disabling them' is a real
> > pain right now. This solution would solve this issue.

Thomas:
> This solution totally misses the fact that konqueror allows 
> this configuration to be saved per directory; this dialog only
> shows the config for the Desktop directory. 
> There is no global config; nor do I think it is needed.

I was planning on suggesting this today but Torsten beat me to it. I know
this is ultimately less flexible, but this would simplify the interface for
most users. Remember that they would still be able to turn previews on and
off per folder. And who has text and HTML enabled in one folder, but sound
and images enabled in another? (OK, someone will probably pipe up now and
say they do, but it can't be many people...) 

I'll do the coding for it if people will let me...

Simon