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Nov 25 2018

abetts added a comment to D16413: Add a keyboard shortcut to create file.

I think this could make sense if you are also able to change the kind of file that you want to create.

Nov 25 2018, 3:43 PM · Dolphin

Nov 24 2018

abetts added a comment to D16968: [Folder View] improve label contrast against challenging backgrounds.

Looking good guys! +1

Nov 24 2018, 9:31 PM · Plasma

Nov 21 2018

abetts added a comment to D17073: [Task Manager] Do not crop album art in tooltip.

I know this patch doesn't deal with this, but I would suggest doing a background blur on the bottom bar that has the player buttons and the labels. It will improve readability

Nov 21 2018, 5:43 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D17073: [Task Manager] Do not crop album art in tooltip.

Looks great. Thanks for the fix.

Nov 21 2018, 2:53 PM · Plasma

Nov 20 2018

abetts added a comment to D17022: [Kickoff] Enable Esc to close Kickoff and Tab to switch to Search.

+1

Nov 20 2018, 3:15 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D17050: Allow clicking of links in app descriptions.

+1

Nov 20 2018, 3:14 PM · Discover Software Store, Plasma

Nov 19 2018

abetts added a comment to D16988: [Kickoff] Make the visible search field unfocused by default.

+1

Nov 19 2018, 3:14 PM · Plasma

Nov 18 2018

abetts added a comment to D16899: Improve capitalization page.

+1

Nov 18 2018, 4:59 AM
abetts added a comment to D16951: Resolve merge conflict.

Looks good to me +1

Nov 18 2018, 4:58 AM · Frameworks

Nov 16 2018

abetts added a comment to T9780: Find/invent interaction pattern for window touch resizing.

@abetts

As not all applications have these empty window areas that can currently be used for dragging windows around, your idea could be integrated into an overlay with one large surface to pinch-to-zoom.

Nov 16 2018, 9:50 PM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines, VDG
abetts added a comment to T9780: Find/invent interaction pattern for window touch resizing.

What about multitouch? Using 2 fingers to pinch and zoom to the desired size? If you are using a tablet for example, the system could detect your pinch and zoon done vertically, diagonally, or horizontally and resize the window accordingly. It would only activate with two fingers on the screen and only in "empty" window areas.

Nov 16 2018, 9:43 PM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines, VDG
abetts added a comment to T10047: Guerilla UX testing: a GNOME switcher.

Overall, these changes are sensitive and go with the times. I don't particularly like a dock on the left, but allowing this feature is good IMHO. Others like icons-only, I am all for.

Nov 16 2018, 4:54 AM · VDG, Plasma

Nov 15 2018

abetts added a comment to D16901: [Folder View] implement a minimum width for icon view to ensure that labels are never rendered useless.

+1

Nov 15 2018, 4:52 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16897: Allow windows to be closed from the window switchers.

+1

Nov 15 2018, 3:14 PM · Plasma

Nov 13 2018

abetts added a watcher for KDE e.V.: abetts.
Nov 13 2018, 4:15 PM
abetts added a comment to T10028: Individual KScreen output data retention.
[] Save for this setup only.

or

[X] Use for all setups with this display.
Nov 13 2018, 3:19 PM · VDG, Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16848: Revamp Icon Design and Emblem pages.

The new icon to show video, it reminds me heavily about VLC. Are we going with that design?

Nov 13 2018, 12:59 AM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines

Nov 12 2018

abetts added a comment to D16847: Fix a small color and shadow issue with Kdots icon.

+1

Nov 12 2018, 11:18 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D16841: Mobile text selection controls.

Is the popup themable?

Nov 12 2018, 4:29 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D16836: [effects] Split the Fade effect.

Maybe another group could be "Transitions", or "Appear"

Nov 12 2018, 3:02 PM · KWin

Nov 6 2018

abetts added a comment to T9996: Improve Thumbnail Aside effect.

I agree with all the changes. PIP naming is also much more recognizable.

Nov 6 2018, 4:33 PM · KDE Promo, VDG, KWin

Nov 4 2018

abetts accepted D16653: Use the new `drive-harddisk-root` icon for the root volume.

Minor detail with great impact. Thank you for the work.

Nov 4 2018, 10:48 PM · Frameworks

Oct 31 2018

abetts added a comment to D16395: Update the "About KDE" text.

+1

Oct 31 2018, 7:08 PM · Frameworks

Oct 29 2018

abetts added a comment to D16504: [KCMs] Use consistent text for GHNS buttons.

I like the direction of the patch.

My only thing is that we drop the use of the word "Scheme". I think we could use something different like "Pattern", "Swatch", "Theme", etc. If it is about colors, I think swatch would be really cool.

Yeah, the word "scheme" is kind of negative in English. Unfortunately, the term "Color Scheme" is used everywhere, so I think changing that will require more discussion and should be done in another patch.

Oct 29 2018, 8:18 PM · Documentation, Plasma
abetts added a comment to D12285: [RFC] Change drawer header image.

I would probably resize Konqui to be as tall as the two labels to the left. It will seem more balanced.

Oct 29 2018, 2:46 PM · KDE Connect
abetts added a comment to T7878: Create or find Icon.

I started working on a couple of images to offer for review. Stay tuned.

Oct 29 2018, 2:21 PM · VDG, Baloo
abetts added a comment to D15206: [Kickoff] Add a subtle separator line between the header and the content view.

No, the blue highlight doesn't touch, just like people requested. It looks just fine now. If we want to make the blue highlight touch the bounds of its whole view, that would be a significant design change that would need to be made elsewhere (if indeed it would be desirable).

Oct 29 2018, 2:19 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16448: [libkwineffects] Port AnimationEffect to TimeLine.

+1

Oct 29 2018, 2:13 PM · KWin
abetts added a comment to D16449: [scripting] Introduce redirect function.

Would there be any visual change because of this new behavior?

Oct 29 2018, 2:12 PM · KWin
abetts added a comment to D16504: [KCMs] Use consistent text for GHNS buttons.

I like the direction of the patch.

Oct 29 2018, 4:37 AM · Documentation, Plasma
abetts added a comment to T9941: Make Get Hot New Stuff button wording consistent.

+1 from me.

Oct 29 2018, 2:19 AM · Plasma, VDG

Oct 28 2018

abetts added a comment to D16485: Add button to dynamically resize virtual keyboard.

+1

Oct 28 2018, 8:35 PM · KWin

Oct 27 2018

abetts accepted D16345: Create new "Zoom to 100%" action.

+1

Oct 27 2018, 2:41 PM · Okular

Oct 26 2018

abetts added a comment to D16408: Update KImageMapEditor icons.

A bit brighter color scheme. Low resolutions are painted by mesh to avoid blurring.

Oct 26 2018, 3:04 PM
abetts added a comment to D16408: Update KImageMapEditor icons.

My only comment is that the background for the globe has colors that are too close to each other, maybe a little too dull. I would recommend brightening them up a little bit.

Oct 26 2018, 2:16 PM

Oct 24 2018

abetts updated subscribers of D16286: Make separators in FindDevicesPage visually distinctive.

Looks great to me. I would probably follow closely what Discover is doing with their headers. @ngraham could give you some info on that. Or if you take a look at the sources page within Discover, you will see what I mean.

Oct 24 2018, 10:52 PM · KDE Connect
abetts added a comment to T9892: Come up with a lastname for the personas.

Byrne
Hicks
Steele
Hoffman
Thorne

Oct 24 2018, 4:49 AM · Junior Jobs, KDE Human Interface Guidelines
abetts added a comment to D16395: Update the "About KDE" text.

KDE has created the friendly and powerful Plasma desktop environment

Oct 24 2018, 4:47 AM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D15206: [Kickoff] Add a subtle separator line between the header and the content view.

Does the blue line from the selected content touch the divider line you are prosing? If it isn't, I would suggest no gap between those two lines.

Oct 24 2018, 4:44 AM · Plasma

Oct 22 2018

abetts added a comment to T9910: Revisit user avatar gallery images.

If GPL is not an option readily available for images, images that are CC-BY-SA will work ok for us. (Correct me if I am wrong). Good repositories of images are flickr.com (you can sort images by license) and also unsplash.com. Please check images before taking them, let's not assume all images in those sites have the same license.

Oct 22 2018, 2:33 PM · VDG

Oct 21 2018

abetts added a comment to D16345: Create new "Zoom to 100%" action.

I think there "could' be variations of this like

Oct 21 2018, 8:36 PM · Okular

Oct 20 2018

abetts added a comment to T8871: Systematic KCM reorganisation.

Marco is of the mind that we should hold off on doing work on this at the moment. We should hold off until the KCMs have been completely ported. The reason is that we have redesigned each KCM, we have discovered, implemented, and corrected past behaviors that would categorize some KCMs in different ways. Because that work is not complete, I also agree that we should skip this task until later.

Oct 20 2018, 5:42 PM · Plasma: KCM Redesign, VDG

Oct 18 2018

abetts added a comment to D16241: [Folder View] Improve layout, formatting, and wording of Icons and Locations pages.

Kirigami FormLayout is a really nice control to work with. I'm a big fan. This port was easy peasy and I can't wait to do more of these!

The double Kirigami.Separator items are to approximate what's wanted for https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399959, but this is probably an incorrect usage of them as-is. Would like to get @mart's opinion on the best way to add some whitespace to a Kirigami FormLayout.

Oct 18 2018, 2:16 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to T9878: Default application starter menu is missing a11y Labels.

Here i have a little naming confusion first. its the startmenu named "kicker" or "kickoff" and what is the difference?

Oct 18 2018, 2:14 PM · Plasma Accessibility

Oct 17 2018

abetts added a comment to D16219: [Lock Screen] Do not try to unlock when unvisible.

+1 for the idea!

Oct 17 2018, 2:29 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16270: [effects/diminactive] Fix false-triggering of the out animation.

+1

Oct 17 2018, 2:13 PM · KWin

Oct 16 2018

abetts added a comment to D16241: [Folder View] Improve layout, formatting, and wording of Icons and Locations pages.

+1

Oct 16 2018, 2:10 PM · Plasma

Oct 15 2018

abetts added a comment to T7031: Panel focus on shortcut.

It is hard to imagine this just by text. Is there maybe a way that your comments can be represented graphically? Maybe wireframes?

Oct 15 2018, 2:33 PM · Plasma Accessibility
abetts added a comment to D16219: [Lock Screen] Do not try to unlock when unvisible.
Oct 15 2018, 2:31 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16219: [Lock Screen] Do not try to unlock when unvisible.

There's one in the bug report.

Oct 15 2018, 2:29 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16219: [Lock Screen] Do not try to unlock when unvisible.

Could you please add a short video or gif showing this problem?

Oct 15 2018, 2:24 PM · Plasma

Oct 13 2018

abetts added a comment to D15247: Show tooltips in krunner.

Love it!

Oct 13 2018, 1:48 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D16054: Show partial path in Tabswitcher Ctrl+Tab list to distinguish equally named files.

+1

Oct 13 2018, 1:47 PM · Kate

Oct 10 2018

abetts added a comment to D15278: Close Dolphin if last tab closed.

I am in favor of the patch. It helps understand that beyond the last tab there is no window to work with. This is sensible and other file managers do it. Seems pretty logical to me. I think we are mincing and dicing stuff that really doesn't happen. We can skip all those hypotheticals and go ahead with the patch.

Oct 10 2018, 3:39 AM · Dolphin

Oct 9 2018

abetts accepted D16035: [SDDM theme] Use grammatically correct string "Log In".

+1

Oct 9 2018, 11:08 PM · Plasma
abetts retitled D15966: Started a glossary to explain commonly used terms in the HIG from Started a glossary to explain commenly used terms in the HIG to Started a glossary to explain commonly used terms in the HIG.
Oct 9 2018, 2:19 PM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines
abetts added a comment to D16031: [SDDM theme] remove blur and increase UI contrast so that it's not required.

Is this patch also tweaking the shadows for the text or is it just concerned with the background for the icons?

Oct 9 2018, 3:35 AM · Plasma

Oct 8 2018

abetts added a comment to T9817: Include some of the best prior Plasma wallpapers.

I would probably just keep the latest wallpaper and the prior one. Maybe not all the ones before.

Oct 8 2018, 4:07 AM · Breeze, Plasma, VDG

Oct 7 2018

abetts retitled D15973: Add a 'Properties' entry in the places panel context menu from Add a 'Propreties' entry in the places panel context menu to Add a 'Properties' entry in the places panel context menu.
Oct 7 2018, 6:36 PM · Frameworks
abetts triaged T9808: Kickoff - Drag and Drop to Favorites Section as Wishlist priority.
Oct 7 2018, 3:48 AM · VDG
abetts triaged T9807: Add On Hover Favorite Button to Kickoff Item as Wishlist priority.
Oct 7 2018, 3:46 AM · VDG

Oct 6 2018

abetts added a comment to D15961: [effects/wobblywindows] Fix visual artifacts caused by maximize effect.

+1 from the VDG

Oct 6 2018, 6:24 PM · KWin
abetts accepted D15935: Don't show an emblem for mounted disks, only unmounted disks.
Oct 6 2018, 1:16 AM · Frameworks

Oct 5 2018

abetts added a comment to D15966: Started a glossary to explain commonly used terms in the HIG.

+1

Oct 5 2018, 4:34 PM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines
abetts added a comment to D15942: Don't drag windows in empty areas from touch/pen events.

No, not with a finger or pen. We should support this, yes, but not in the way it's currently done by synthesized mouse events.

Oct 5 2018, 2:04 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D15942: Don't drag windows in empty areas from touch/pen events.

Would this ensure that, at least, you can drag a window from the top area, like the toolbar, menu and the title bar empty areas?

Oct 5 2018, 2:02 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D15961: [effects/wobblywindows] Fix visual artifacts caused by maximize effect.

Before and after?

Oct 5 2018, 2:00 PM · KWin

Oct 4 2018

abetts added a comment to D15933: Disable fade effect during fullscreen effects.

Can you please share some examples of what this will look like? video? :D

Oct 4 2018, 1:46 PM · KWin

Oct 3 2018

abetts added a comment to D15929: Add a 'Properties' entry in the Places panel context menu.

I would not be opposed to this change. Any other thoughts?

Oct 3 2018, 8:38 PM · Dolphin
abetts added a comment to D15929: Add a 'Properties' entry in the Places panel context menu.

Can you please share a screenshot or before/after image that shows your changes?

Oct 3 2018, 8:26 PM · Dolphin
abetts added a comment to T8707: Window borders.
In T8707#162405, @Luwx wrote:

^
Although most of these desktops are customized, one common thing is that all of them has either no border or a 1 pixel border.

With this, I think that breeze deco could really use a stronger outline around the window, specially for dark themes, as the shadow on dark backgrounds is not that noticeable.

Default breeze:

Stronger outline:

With a bright color scheme:

Oct 3 2018, 3:43 AM · VDG

Oct 2 2018

abetts added a comment to D15823: [Folder View] In list view mode, fix home button disappearing every other subfolder entered.


Showing the missing home button in the top left corner. The button would appear again if I would navigate one folder up or down.

Oct 2 2018, 1:54 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D15823: [Folder View] In list view mode, fix home button disappearing every other subfolder entered.

Screenshot?

Oct 2 2018, 1:41 PM · Plasma

Sep 30 2018

abetts added a comment to D14542: [kcmkwin/desktop] KCM using new virtual desktops DBus interface.

Suggestions from the VDG Channel

Sep 30 2018, 5:55 PM · KWin
abetts moved T8707: Window borders from Backlog/Planned to Work in Progress on the VDG board.
Sep 30 2018, 4:58 AM · VDG
abetts updated the diff for D15395: Change Style, Add Clarity, Rephrase Sentences.

Address Word Choice

Sep 30 2018, 4:54 AM
abetts added a comment to T9460: Consider a more user-friendly SpinBox control.

Ping?

Sep 30 2018, 4:47 AM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines, Breeze, VDG
abetts added a comment to D15361: Edit Language in Concept HIG.

Addressed comments.

Sep 30 2018, 4:44 AM · VDG
abetts added a comment to D15695: [effects/snaphelper] Do massive overhaul.

+1

Sep 30 2018, 12:38 AM · KWin

Sep 28 2018

abetts added a comment to D15821: fix pop up positioning for !compositing mode.

+1

Sep 28 2018, 7:16 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D15814: show all borders for pop up windows in a dock.

A big improvement! Even better would be a little downward-pointing triangle pointing to the thing that spawned it. Here's a visual example from macOS with a vertical Dock:

I am not sure.
Latte is trying to be as much plasma as possible and a "downward-pointing triangle" isnt shown any where else in plasma.
So that would make Latte to look a bit out of place in Plasma.
I think for now a small improvement would be enough.

Sep 28 2018, 2:55 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D15814: show all borders for pop up windows in a dock.

I like both ideas so far. Great improvement! Would it be too hard to create the pointer triangle? I think it make so much sense. That way the poppup doesn't feel like it is floating out of nowhere.

Sep 28 2018, 2:09 PM · Frameworks

Sep 26 2018

abetts accepted D15785: [Slideshow] increase default interval from 10 seconds to 15 minutes.
Sep 26 2018, 9:40 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D15785: [Slideshow] increase default interval from 10 seconds to 15 minutes.

+1

Sep 26 2018, 9:25 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D11880: Add firewall-config and firewall-applet icons.

Love it! Ship it! +100

Sep 26 2018, 8:46 PM · Frameworks

Sep 25 2018

abetts added a comment to T9736: Show Active Corner Graphics Only When Mouse Cursor Hits Screen Corner.

Interesting observations. I feel that the effect of showing the blue corner graphic is not a bad one. It is a good clue for the user. However, it shows up too early IMHO.

Sep 25 2018, 2:04 PM · VDG
abetts added a comment to D15738: [Fonts KCM] remove filler words from anti-aliasing settings' labels.

+1

Sep 25 2018, 2:01 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D15739: [Places panel] Don't show Root by default.

+1

Sep 25 2018, 2:00 PM · Frameworks

Sep 24 2018

abetts triaged T9736: Show Active Corner Graphics Only When Mouse Cursor Hits Screen Corner as Wishlist priority.
Sep 24 2018, 11:55 PM · VDG
abetts added a comment to T8707: Window borders.

Can the effect be tweaked to do squared tiling?

Sep 24 2018, 6:51 PM · VDG
abetts added a comment to D15494: Grammar and word corrections.

+1

Sep 24 2018, 4:55 PM · KDE Human Interface Guidelines
abetts added a comment to D15731: Change bug creation template words.

Nice! +1

Sep 24 2018, 2:34 PM
abetts added a comment to D15721: Make lock on plasmavault icon visible with breeze-dark.

+1

Sep 24 2018, 2:03 PM · Frameworks

Sep 22 2018

abetts added a comment to D15589: Add proper labels to Trash Emptied notification.

If that's the case, do we have just a trash icon, without the folder?

Sep 22 2018, 7:23 PM · Dolphin
abetts added a comment to D15589: Add proper labels to Trash Emptied notification.

Love it! +1

Sep 22 2018, 12:55 PM · Dolphin

Sep 21 2018

abetts added a comment to D15683: Add lock icon to desktop context menu.

+1

Sep 21 2018, 9:39 PM · Plasma
abetts added a comment to D11880: Add firewall-config and firewall-applet icons.

I solemnly approve! +1

Sep 21 2018, 7:00 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D11880: Add firewall-config and firewall-applet icons.

Seems good to me. Guys?

Sep 21 2018, 4:59 PM · Frameworks
abetts added a comment to D11880: Add firewall-config and firewall-applet icons.

If I understand right, there are three states of firewall security that you can be in. Maybe we could use the traffic lights metaphor and have green for low, yellow for medium and red for high?

Sep 21 2018, 1:15 PM · Frameworks

Sep 20 2018

abetts added a comment to D15626: [effects/slidingpopups] Fix jumpy transition between In and Out animations.

+1 for visual changes. Looks much more improved

Sep 20 2018, 6:36 PM · KWin