--===============4647116282251414780== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="===============5877385172748238855==" --===============5877385172748238855== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > On March 16, 2012, 11:45 a.m., Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > personally, i'm unsure why this menu entry is even there. imho people s= hould simply go into system settings. this just makes one more place we hav= e to manage which panels and in which order they are shown. is there really= so much benefit to having it in the right click menu? > > = > > now, i say that as someone who uses that menu item fairly often. so for= *me* it has value there as a shortcut, but i'm rarely using it as a *user*= but as a *developer* and watching others use KWin it's not an often used e= ntry either. > > = > > personally, despite my own use of this menu item, i think it's somethin= g best left to system settings. > = > Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin wrote: > A fair enough question. For me as a developer it is a must-have featu= re, though it does not need to be exposed that strongly (e.g. move to advan= ced submenu) or even adding a build option for it. > = > What I am unsure about is how much do we screw over the documentation= teams. A google search on "Configure window behavior" KDE gives > 5000 res= ults with references in books and so on. Search for the German translation = gives another 700 results. It is a feature for advanced users and already q= uite hidden. But I think for providing user support it's quite a useful fea= ture. > i don't agree that providing support is any easier or harder than starting = with "start system settings" (which is more consistent of an approach, but = not as immediate as right clicking on a title bar), but i do agree that the= documentation references are a killer. for that reason i withdraw my propo= sal. - Aaron J. ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104284/#review11460 ----------------------------------------------------------- On March 15, 2012, 11:19 a.m., Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin wrote: > = > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104284/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > = > (Updated March 15, 2012, 11:19 a.m.) > = > = > Review request for kwin and Plasma. > = > = > Description > ------- > = > Adding Plasma to get general feedback on this idea. > = > The context menu entry to "Configure Window Behavior" opens the > configuration of the window manager and not about the window. > In the past the shown configuration dialog only contained entries > affecting the window behavior but that is no longer true for the > complete KDE 4.x series since Desktop Effects had been added to > the menu. This change in naming reflects the situation and should > help to remove confusion. > = > = > This addresses bug 249486. > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D249486 > = > = > Diffs > ----- > = > kwin/useractions.cpp dfb6fd4 = > = > Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104284/diff/ > = > = > Testing > ------- > = > = > Thanks, > = > Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin > = > --===============5877385172748238855== Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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On March 16th, 2012, 11:45 a.m., Aaron J. S= eigo wrote:
personall= y, i'm unsure why this menu entry is even there. imho people should sim= ply go into system settings. this just makes one more place we have to mana= ge which panels and in which order they are shown. is there really so much = benefit to having it in the right click menu? now, i say that as someone who uses that menu item fairly often. so for *me= * it has value there as a shortcut, but i'm rarely using it as a *user*= but as a *developer* and watching others use KWin it's not an often us= ed entry either. personally, despite my own use of this menu item, i think it's somethin= g best left to system settings.On March 16th, 2012, 12:14 p.m., Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin wrote:=
A fair en= ough question. For me as a developer it is a must-have feature, though it d= oes not need to be exposed that strongly (e.g. move to advanced submenu) or= even adding a build option for it. What I am unsure about is how much do we screw over the documentation teams= . A google search on "Configure window behavior" KDE gives > 5= 000 results with references in books and so on. Search for the German trans= lation gives another 700 results. It is a feature for advanced users and al= ready quite hidden. But I think for providing user support it's quite a= useful feature.
i don't= agree that providing support is any easier or harder than starting with &q= uot;start system settings" (which is more consistent of an approach, b= ut not as immediate as right clicking on a title bar), but i do agree that = the documentation references are a killer. for that reason i withdraw my pr= oposal.
- Aaron J.
On March 15th, 2012, 11:19 a.m., Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin wrote:
Review request for kwin and Plasma.
By Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin.
Updated March 15, 2012, 11:19 a.m. Descripti= on
Bugs:
249486
Diffs=
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