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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: ksytray madness
From:       Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date:       2003-10-23 18:53:35
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Op donderdag 23 oktober 2003 19:50, schreef Stefano Borini:
> Alle 17:56, giovedì 23 ottobre 2003, Fabrice Mous ha scritto:
> > So a nice solution would be that I could choose wether I want the icon to
> > be displayed in ksystray.
>
> better... on a OnMouseOver event the systray expands itself vertically
> (even out of kicker, since the user focus is on the tray widget), showing
> all the icons, normally hidden.

I think this is a good idea. Remark: when people have very very much systray 
icons you get a list which fills the whole screen. So I think it will be a 
good thing to limit the size of it and have an automatic scroll 
functionality.

> The default systray shows only icons that
> are chosen as "hyperactive", the ones the user want to be at hand.

I think it's better to do *also* some pre-selecting (it should be possible to 
change by hand too). So we need some standardisation for which styles of 
systray icons should be placed on every level. For example:
* A "level 1 systray icon" should be showed automatic in the always visible 
icons level if possible.
* A "level 2 systray icon" should be showed automatic between the level 1 and 
level 3 ones.
* ... (ok there's a limit: 100 levels is maybe to much ;) )
* Systray icons should go always automatic to level 1 if it have a 
notification (so it's possible a level 1 icon should go for some time to a 
higher level).

> The
> selection of the active icons could be made with right click, and the
> "hyperactive" icons are framed to hint the user about its particular state.

IMO it isn't a good idea to make the behavior inconsistent.

- -- 
Mvg, Sander Devrieze.
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