On 23.08.2012 14:53, C. Boemann wrote:
On Thursday 23 August 2012 14:31:18 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
Hi everyone,
while discussing the best way to implement the word count in the Author UI,
I had an idea for the Calligra UI in general.
Flexibility is one of the key advantages of the Calligra UI. One of the few
UI parts that are currently not flexible is the status bar. That's why I
asked myself: "Why not put the the things currently displayed in the
status bar in one or several docker(s), put these dockers at the bottom by
default (or maybe someplace else if that works better for a particular
application) and remove the standard status bar?"
This would allow to keep the current layout as default while preserving
maximum flexibility. To me, this is the logical consequence of the
"Flexible UI" paradigm of Calligra.
So, what do you think about it? Did I miss any problems/downsides?
Cheers,
Thomas
I think the main problem I see is that dockers have titlebars that take up
vertical space.
Sure it can be removed but then the user looses the configurability. We can
then do like Amarok does, but then what dockers should have their titlebars
hidden
True. I think this should not depend on the docker, but on its position.
How about hiding the title bar when the docker is placed at the bottom? Having a
title bar would probably look weird then, anyway. But if a docker containing
status info is placed somewhere else, it should have a title just lie any other
ones.
The Amarok approach of switching into a specific "UI reorganization mode" would
probably make sense for Calligra anyway, as it would prevent accidental
reorganization.
Not saying it can't be solved but there are some issues with this
Sure, and certainly more issues will come up. But that's the fun of challenges,
right? ;)
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