On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Simon Oosthoek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi kde core developers, > > I have an idea for better usability, which I tried to propose as a > feature request, but it ended up in "the wrong part of town". As you can > see in the (currently invalid) bug: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279055 > (It's also a different way of describing my issue, so perhaps worth > reading if you want to know more) > > It was pointed out to me in the comments that this is a cross-everything > feature that requires support and specifications at kde-core level or > freedesktop.org level. So here I am trying to make my case... > > When I plug in a TV using hdmi, I get the following process: > 1) a pop-up asking me if I wish to configure the new hardware situation > (great, I like to know that my computer sees what I just did) > 2) the configuration interface is only for the display, but hdmi can > also carry sound. > 3) after some fiddling, I configure the hdmi video output, which I think > I can only save as default. (I plug in the TV only when I want to watch > something longish) > 4) Next I want to have sound via hdmi, so I need to open the kmix > window, go to audio setup, select speaker setup > and then select hardware profile. > > To me this seems like a long walk for > something that is so useful, how is a user supposed to find this? > > What I'd like is a the number 1 popup to ask for, or propose a profile > or preset configuration which sets both video and sound output to hdmi. > > When I remove the hdmi cable, I want the profile to switch back to what > it was before I plugged in the hdmi cable. (Currently there seems to be > a bug as well: some parts of the desktop seem to mistakenly remember the > old combined dimensions, e.g. the popup when I want to logout or reboot > using the plasma widget) > > I'd like to know your thoughts about this idea, I have no experience in > kde development whatsoever (and no intentions/time to be involved in > implementing this), but I'd love to see this (and this kind of > behaviour) become more user friendly in KDE (or in general). > > Cheers and thanks for reading! > > /Simon > > quick way to reach and set the hardware profiles easily and switch when > playing a video and back when done (manually, or somehow automatically???) >
Perhaps this could be integrated with the multi-monitor pop-up thing that was being discussed recently. -Todd
