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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Folder previes in Dolphin
From:       Michael Howell <mhowell123 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-11-16 14:30:58
Message-ID: 200811160731.02040.mhowell123 () gmail ! com
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On Sunday 16 November 2008 06:20:49 Rafael Fernández López wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I have been wanting a feature in Dolphin for a long time: Folder
> > Previews. I would like to add such functionality to Dolphin.........it
> > would look kinda like in the screenshot. I think it would be quite useful
> > so you don't have to go INTO a folder in order to get an idea of what it
> > contains. Comments or suggestions are welcome!
>
> This is KIO who does all this. I have been thinking on this issue for some
> time (and some time ago). This is *NOT* trivial at all.
>
> Producing a mockup like yours and also having the idea in general is easy.
> Now think about the complexity of the real implementation. You have to
> handle different set of icon themes, that meaning that where you have
> placed the pictures could be plain wrong when using another icon theme
> (because the folder on that iconset can be _completely_ different, maybe an
> even vertical folder layout).
>
> So, just my 2 cents. The complexity of this would be amazing till iconsets
> provide some information about what "rect" can be filled by the preview
> code. However, this would also be wrong, because of the angle that we
> should give to the pictures. On your mockup this is wrong for instance.
>
>
> Regards,
> Rafael Fernández López.
Then instead of placing the preview over the icon, how about placing it in the 
tool-tip?
-- 
Michael Howell
mhowell123@gmail.com


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