On Wednesday 19 December 2012 17:30:26 David Edmundson wrote: > 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.
Good point. My "yes" then becomes a "no" as you've convinced me > >> - 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 _______________________________________________ KDE-Telepathy mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-telepathy
