On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Francesco Nwokeka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 December 2012 16:55:15 David Edmundson wrote: >> Contact List Applet >> >> The Contact List applet has been doing nothing for a while now, and >> it's time to get it sorted and finished. >> I want to discuss what we actually want to do. Then once we have a >> general consensus I'll turn it into bugzilla lists and get started on >> it. >> >> Who here currently uses it? I don't really. My preferred method of >> starting chats is homerun via krunner. >> >> So, brainstorming: >> >> - Should it be a popup-plasmoid so it can be docked in a panel. What >> would the icon be? >> >> - If it's in a vertical panel that's wide enough should it show the >> list properly? >> >> - Should it use Plasma icons for presence? >> >> - Do we want to have a search bar? Always shown? or with a button to >> toggle it? Or just instantly if you start typing. >> >> - Do we want to show groups? What's a good way to use a TreeView in QML. >> >> - Should it have all the different sort/group-by options the real >> contact list has? In a "toolbar"? or in the plasma config? > > No, see last note > > >> - Do we want call/video/send file buttons? > > Yes
I'm not convinced. I have never started a file transfer without starting a chat first (normally to say "hey, I'm about to send you a file"). If someone sent me a file without starting a chat, I'd be confused. > > >> - Should we have it so that in the config you specify what groups you >> want to show? I think I might use it if I had a list of just people in >> my "friends" group and that's it. > > Or better, make the contact list show *only* the contacts you usually talk to. > A bit like the "stalker" plasmoid but better as you can have as many as you > want. > > This way it wouldn't be a copy of Martin's contact list (which is activated > via the presence plasmoid) but a personalized "container" for contacts you > usually contact and/or want to talk to. > > Come on, who chats with ALL their contacts in the contact list? > With facebook chat, gtalk we all have > 100 contacts and finding that usual > contact to chat to would be made easier if in a seperate customizable > container. > > I talk to about 10-15 people periodically and not that often to others outside > this group. > > Plus I doubt everyone is best friends with *everyone* on their chat list. > > (This was the extra part of my 2011 GSoC project that I didn't manage to make) > > So that's my 2cents for the contactlist plasmoid > > >> Please comment and include your own ideas and suggestions. >> _______________________________________________ >> KDE-Telepathy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-telepathy _______________________________________________ KDE-Telepathy mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-telepathy
