From kde-usability  Fri Jul 12 00:14:43 2002
From: Dave Corrie <kde () davecorrie ! com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 00:14:43 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improving the KSCD configuration dialog
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=102643308731666

On Thursday 11 July 2002 11:49 pm, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> The idea is that you don't have to enter your e-mail settings over
> and over again. Based on that idea, shouldn't the global mail setting
> be updated whenever you enter it in kscd?
>
> But what if you want to use another setting than the default one /
> don't want to change the default?

Ah, that explains why the kscd config page currently works the day it 
does. For most users, this is a really neat idea. It doesn't quite 
match the way I work though :(

I have an email address that I use solely for freedb submissions. At the 
moment, the only way I can get kscd to use this freedb-submission email 
address is to enter it in the KDE Control Centre. Entering it there 
obviously means that other applications try to use it too.

I've been trying to think up a way that would allow my way of working (a 
different address for each purpose) and the more common "one true 
address" approach. I don't like any of the solutions I have come up 
with so far, but I'll list them to see if it helps anyone else think of 
a good solution. (I should note explicitly that the drawback with the 
method implemented by my patch is that an update to the email address 
settings in Control Centre would not be automatically reflected in 
kscd.)

1) Add a checkbox to the kscd config page to optionally use the email 
address settings from Control Centre.

2) Have a button on the kscd config page to "Fetch settings from Control 
Centre".

3) On kscd startup (or a freedb submit event), check to see if the 
Control Centre settings have changed and ask the user if they want to 
use the new settings from now on.

4) Use the Control Centre settings unless they are empty, in which case 
provide a method to enter kscd specific details.

5) Extend Control Centre to permit the configuration of multiple email 
identities.

Like I said, I don't really like any of these options. I'm beginning to 
think it's just that I work in a very non-standard way... :(

Cheers,

Dave

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