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== Discussion Points ==
From "Notifications:
* KNotify is from "Applications" ?
* SystemBell and Launch Feedback could be in a "System Notifications" group in "Workspace" ?
Where is the boundary in this notifications-related KCMs ?
--
Where does File Association belongs to ? "Applications" behavior?
--
Should "Custom Shortcuts" ("Input Actions") be a Workspace setting? (it is mostly used to launch apps; but it is also used for some intra-apps things)
--
"Screen Edges" seems to be belong to both "Desktop" and "Windows", so it may end up as a top-level module in "Workspace" ....
== Categorization ==
As files get changed, I'll fill out the page with their locations.
<code>
<code>
"Categories"


- Applications look
# Application Appearance and Behaviour [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-appearance-and-behavior.desktop]
- Desktop Look
 
- Desktop Effects
* Application Appearance [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-appearance.desktop]
- Windows behavior
-- Style [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/style/style.desktop]
- Workspace/Misc look (screensaver + splash?
-- Colours [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/colors/colors.desktop]
- User Data / Account settings (user account, paths, password mgmt)
-- Icons [Merge Emoticons] [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/icons/icons.desktop] [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/emoticons/emoticons.desktop]
- Accesibility
-- Fonts [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/fonts/fonts.desktop]
- PIM Resources (Akonadi/KDE resources)
 
- Display/Monitor settings
* Shortcuts and Gestures [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-shortcuts-and-gestures.desktop] (Needs icon!)
- Audio & Video
-- Standard Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/standard_actions/standard_actions.desktop]
- Main Input Devices (keyboard & mouse/touchpad)
-- Global Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keys/keys.desktop]
- Other Input Devices (joystick/remote control)
-- Custom Shortcuts [was "Input Actions"; moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/khotkeys/kcm_hotkeys/khotkeys.desktop]
- Removable devices (usb stick, massive storage, misc devices)
 
- Printers
* Account Details [was "About Me"] [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-account-details.desktop]
- Optical Drives
-- User Account  [kdebase/apps/kdepasswd/kcm/kcm_useraccount.desktop]
- Power Management
-- Paths [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/desktoppaths/desktoppath.desktop]
- Network Connections Management
-- Password Management [was "KDE Wallet"] [should also let users edit the wallets] [Couldn't find it on this run through, I probably didn't have it installed for some reason or another]
- Network Connections Misc Settings
-- Social Desktop [ was "Open Collaboration Services providers" ] [kdebase/runtime/attica/kcm/kcm_attica.desktop]
- Network Resources sharing
- Application and System Notifications
* Locale [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-locale.desktop]
- Filetypes and application behavior
-- Language [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/locale/language.desktop] [Needs fixed comment]
- Semantic search integration
-- Time & Numeric units [was "Country/Region & Language"] [Needs extracted from Language]
- Application shortcuts and gestures
-- Spell Checker [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/spellchecking/spellchecking.desktop]
- Plasma behaviour (remote widgets?)
- PC Administration (root)
- Permissions management (policykit)
- KDE Services management
- User session (save and restore apps) settings (+ autostart?)
- Login screen management


"Module layout"
* Application and System Notifications [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-and-system-notifications.desktop]
-- Manage Notifications [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/knotify/kcmnotify.desktop] [needs updated description to not refer to 'system' any more.]
-- System Bell [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/bell/bell.desktop]
-- Launch Feedback [moved from "Desktop"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/launch/kcmlaunch.desktop]


* = Category
* Personal Information [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-personal-information.desktop] [Needs different icon]
-- = Module
-- Akonadi [kdepim/runtime/kcm/kcm_akonadi.desktop] [Needs the akonadi icon]
-- Personal Resources [was "KDE Resources"] [kdepimlibs/kresources/kresources.desktop] [Needs a *much* better description]


* Unallocated
* File Associations [Needs to be grouped somewhere, probably with 'Default Applications'] [kdebase/runtime/keditfiletype/filetypes.desktop]
-- Window Decorations [was "Windows"]
-- Cursor Theme [extracted from the Keyboard&Mouse/"Mouse" KCM]
-- Multiple Desktops (virtual desktop configuration)


* Applications Look
# Workspace Appearance and Behaviour [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-workspace-appearance-and-behavior.desktop]
-- Style
-- Colours
-- Icons [Merge Emoticons]
-- Fonts


* Desktop Look
* Desktop Appearance [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-desktop-appearance.desktop]
-- Screen Saver
-- Splash Screen [kdebase/workspace/ksplash/kcm/ksplashthememgr.desktop]
-- Splash Screen
-- Plasma Theme [Split from "Style"]
-- Plasma theme [Split from "Style"]
-- Window Decorations [was "Windows"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.desktop]
-- Cursor Theme [extracted from the Keyboard&Mouse/"Mouse" KCM]


* Desktop Effects [Split out]
* Desktop Effects [Split out] [was "Desktop Effects"]  [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/kwincompositing.desktop]
-- General
-- General
-- Effects [was "All Effects"]
-- Effects [was "All Effects"]
-- Advanced
-- Advanced
* Window Behavior [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-window-behaviour.desktop]
-- Screen Edges (move to Desktop Effects?) [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/kwinscreenedges.desktop]
-- Task Switcher [was "Navigate Through Windows"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/kwintabbox.desktop]
-- Window Behavior [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions/kwinoptions.desktop]
-- Window Rules [was "Window Specific"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinrules/kwinrules.desktop]
-- Virtual Desktops [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwindesktop/desktop.desktop]


* Windows behavior
* Default Applications [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/componentchooser/componentchooser.desktop]
-- Screen Edges
-- Task Switcher [was "Navigate Through Windows" (tabbox config on 4.4)]
* Desktop Layout and Dashboard [new Plasma KCM, requires a proper name, ping aseigo/notmart]
-- Window Behavior
-- Window Rules [was "Window Specific"]
 
* Account settings [was "About Me"]
-- User Account
-- Paths
-- Password Management [was "KDE Wallet"]
 
* International
-- Language [extracted from "Country/Region&Lang"]
-- Locale Settings [was "Country/Region & Language"]
-- Spell Checker


* Accesibility [Split out]
* Accesibility [Split out]
-- Bell
-- Bell [This also exists under notifications. which one do we want?]
-- Modifier Keys
-- Modifier Keys  
-- Keyboard Filters
-- Keyboard Filters
-- Activation Gestures
-- Activation Gestures


* PIM Resources [Needs better name]
* Desktop search
-- Personal Resources [was "KDE Resources"]
-- [All Nepomuk stuff]
-- Akonadi
 
* Display/Monitor settings
-- Size & Orientation
-- Gamma
-- Multiple Monitors


* Audio & Video
# Hardware [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-hardware.desktop]
-- [Phonon stuff]


* Main Input Devices (keyboard & mouse/touchpad)
* Display/Monitor settings [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-display.desktop]
-- Keyboard
-- Size & Orientation [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/randr/randr.desktop]
-- Gamma [kdegraphics/kgamma/kcmgamma/kgamma.desktop]
-- Multiple Monitors [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/xinerama/xinerama.desktop]
-- Screen saver [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/screensaver/screensaver.desktop]
* Audio & Video [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-audio-and-video.desktop] [needs icon]
-- [Phonon stuff] [kdebase/runtime/phonon/kcm/kcm_phonon.desktop]
-- Audio CD Ripping [was "Audio CDs"] [kdemultimedia/kioslave/audiocd/kcmaudiocd/audiocd.desktop]
-- CDDB Retrieval [kdemultimedia/libkcddb/kcmcddb/libkcddb.desktop]
* Main Input Devices (keyboard & mouse/touchpad) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-main-input-devices.desktop] [needs icon]
-- Keyboard [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keyboard/kcm_keyboard.desktop] [needs better name]
-- Keyboard Layout [moved from "Regional & Language"]
-- Keyboard Layout [moved from "Regional & Language"]
-- Mouse
-- Mouse [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/input/mouse.desktop]
 
* Other Input Devices
* Other Input Devices [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-other-input-devices.desktop] [NEEDS ICON. BADLY.]
-- Joystick
-- Joystick [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/hardware/joystick/joystick.desktop]
-- Remote Control
-- Remote Control
 
* Removable devices (usb stick, massive storage, misc devices)
* Removable devices (usb stick, massive storage, misc devices) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-removable-devices.desktop]
-- Device Actions (solid actions + Automounter config(in kdereview))
-- Device Actions (solid actions + Automounter config) [kdebase/runtime/solid-device-automounter/kcm/device_automounter_kcm.desktop]
-- Digital Camera
-- Digital Camera [kdegraphics/kamera/kcontrol/kamera.desktop]
 
* Printers
* Printers
-- [Printing stuff goes here]
-- [Printing stuff goes here]


* Optical Drives
* Power Management [Split for treeview] [kdebase/workspace/powerdevil/kcmodule/powerdevilconfig.desktop]
-- Audio CD Ripping [was "Audio CDs"]
-- CDDB Retrieval
-- Disc Burning [was "K3b Setup"]
 
* Power Management [Split for treeview]
-- General Settings
-- General Settings
-- Edit Profiles
-- Edit Profiles
-- Capabilities
-- Capabilities
# Network & Connectivity [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-network-and-connectivity.desktop]


* Network Connections
* Network Connections
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-- Other (related to NM)
-- Other (related to NM)
-- Wicd (does this exist?, future?)
-- Wicd (does this exist?, future?)
 
* Resource sharing
* Sharing [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-sharing.desktop]
-- Windows Shares [was "Samba"]
-- Windows Shares [was "Samba"] [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/smb.desktop]
-- Network Credentials [was "Local Network Browsing"]
-- Network Credentials [was "Local Network Browsing"]
-- [Plasma widget sharing]
* Network Settings [Needs better name] [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-network-settings.desktop]
-- Proxy [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/proxy.desktop]
-- Connection Preferences [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/netpref.desktop]
-- Service Discovery [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/dnssd/kcm_kdnssd.desktop]


* Network Settings [Needs better name]
* Bluetooth [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-bluetooth.desktop]
-- Proxy
-- Connection Preferences
-- Service Discovery


* Application and System Notifications
# System Administration [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-system-administration.desktop]
-- Manage Notifications
-- System Bell
-- Launch Feedback [moved from "Desktop"]


* Filetypes and application behavior
* Date & Time [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/dateandtime/clock.desktop]
-- Default Applications
* Font Installer [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/fontinst.desktop]
-- File Associations
* Permissions (policykit + remote widgets) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-permissions.desktop] [Maybe merge with 'Security'?]
-- Authorization Policy [was "PolicyKit Authorisation"]
-- Remote Widgets
-- Disc Burning [was "K3b Setup"] [extragear/multimedia/k3b/k3bsetup/k3bsetup.desktop] [Shouldn't this belong in hardware?]


* Semantic search integration
* Security [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-security.desktop]
-- [All Nepomuk stuff]
-- Login Screen [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kdm/kdm.desktop]
-- User Accounts [was "User Manager"]
* Startup & Shutdown [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-startup-and-shutdown.desktop]
-- Autostart [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/autostart/autostart.desktop]
-- Session Management [kdebase/workspace/ksmserver/kcm/kcmsmserver.desktop]


* Application shortcuts and gestures
</code>
-- Standard Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"]
-- Global Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"]
-- Custom Shortcuts [was "Input Actions"; moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"]


* System Administration (root)
== Usability Discussion ==
-- Date & Time
Started after Trever did a quick usability study with a friend: http://markmail.org/message/ods463crzwjc5erm
-- Login Manager
-- Font Installer


* Permissions (policykit + remote widgets)
=== Current topics ===
-- Authorization Policy [was "PolicyKit Authorisation"]
* Usability studies are needed.
-- Remote Widgets
* We need a formal policy on what goes where, with something similar to the Desktop Menu Spec by freedesktop.org. Otherwise, everyone will be upset when we change things for every request.
* Tabs are bad
* Maybe a better UI?
* '''Usability studies are needed.'''


* User session
-- Autostart
-- Session Management
-- KDE Services


</code>
== Things that need to be done ==
* Review the icons for everything
* Review the comments for everything
* Split the KCMs with tabs into separate KCMs
* Drop general/advanced category support for systemsettings (finally)
* https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185752
* https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157587
* display.desktop - Contains the same exact components as "kcmshell4 randr kgamma xinerama screensaver". Nuke it.
* kcmtrash - This should go somewhere.
* kcmperformance.desktop - Needs split out into two pieces, one for konqueror and another for KDE as a whole
* Review every .desktop file that shows up as kcontrol as the parent app. The majority of the ones who shouldn't show up in kcontrol are simply for konqueror. However, they should get their own category.
* Write a specification of the different categories, their usage, along with clear-cut definitions of what is and isn't acceptable for each.

Latest revision as of 02:21, 18 April 2010

Discussion Points

From "Notifications:

  • KNotify is from "Applications" ?
  • SystemBell and Launch Feedback could be in a "System Notifications" group in "Workspace" ?

Where is the boundary in this notifications-related KCMs ?

--

Where does File Association belongs to ? "Applications" behavior?

--

Should "Custom Shortcuts" ("Input Actions") be a Workspace setting? (it is mostly used to launch apps; but it is also used for some intra-apps things)

--

"Screen Edges" seems to be belong to both "Desktop" and "Windows", so it may end up as a top-level module in "Workspace" ....

Categorization

As files get changed, I'll fill out the page with their locations.

  1. Application Appearance and Behaviour [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-appearance-and-behavior.desktop]
  • Application Appearance [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-appearance.desktop]

-- Style [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/style/style.desktop] -- Colours [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/colors/colors.desktop] -- Icons [Merge Emoticons] [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/icons/icons.desktop] [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/emoticons/emoticons.desktop] -- Fonts [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/fonts/fonts.desktop]

  • Shortcuts and Gestures [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-shortcuts-and-gestures.desktop] (Needs icon!)

-- Standard Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/standard_actions/standard_actions.desktop] -- Global Keyboard Shortcuts [moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keys/keys.desktop] -- Custom Shortcuts [was "Input Actions"; moved from "Keyboard & Mouse"] [kdebase/workspace/khotkeys/kcm_hotkeys/khotkeys.desktop]

  • Account Details [was "About Me"] [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-account-details.desktop]

-- User Account [kdebase/apps/kdepasswd/kcm/kcm_useraccount.desktop] -- Paths [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/desktoppaths/desktoppath.desktop] -- Password Management [was "KDE Wallet"] [should also let users edit the wallets] [Couldn't find it on this run through, I probably didn't have it installed for some reason or another] -- Social Desktop [ was "Open Collaboration Services providers" ] [kdebase/runtime/attica/kcm/kcm_attica.desktop]

  • Locale [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-locale.desktop]

-- Language [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/locale/language.desktop] [Needs fixed comment] -- Time & Numeric units [was "Country/Region & Language"] [Needs extracted from Language] -- Spell Checker [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/spellchecking/spellchecking.desktop]

  • Application and System Notifications [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-application-and-system-notifications.desktop]

-- Manage Notifications [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/knotify/kcmnotify.desktop] [needs updated description to not refer to 'system' any more.] -- System Bell [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/bell/bell.desktop] -- Launch Feedback [moved from "Desktop"] [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/launch/kcmlaunch.desktop]

  • Personal Information [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-personal-information.desktop] [Needs different icon]

-- Akonadi [kdepim/runtime/kcm/kcm_akonadi.desktop] [Needs the akonadi icon] -- Personal Resources [was "KDE Resources"] [kdepimlibs/kresources/kresources.desktop] [Needs a *much* better description]

  • File Associations [Needs to be grouped somewhere, probably with 'Default Applications'] [kdebase/runtime/keditfiletype/filetypes.desktop]
  1. Workspace Appearance and Behaviour [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-workspace-appearance-and-behavior.desktop]
  • Desktop Appearance [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-desktop-appearance.desktop]

-- Splash Screen [kdebase/workspace/ksplash/kcm/ksplashthememgr.desktop] -- Plasma Theme [Split from "Style"] -- Window Decorations [was "Windows"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.desktop] -- Cursor Theme [extracted from the Keyboard&Mouse/"Mouse" KCM]

  • Desktop Effects [Split out] [was "Desktop Effects"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/kwincompositing.desktop]

-- General -- Effects [was "All Effects"] -- Advanced

  • Window Behavior [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-window-behaviour.desktop]

-- Screen Edges (move to Desktop Effects?) [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/kwinscreenedges.desktop] -- Task Switcher [was "Navigate Through Windows"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/kwintabbox.desktop] -- Window Behavior [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinoptions/kwinoptions.desktop] -- Window Rules [was "Window Specific"] [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwinrules/kwinrules.desktop] -- Virtual Desktops [kdebase/workspace/kwin/kcmkwin/kwindesktop/desktop.desktop]

  • Default Applications [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/componentchooser/componentchooser.desktop]
  • Desktop Layout and Dashboard [new Plasma KCM, requires a proper name, ping aseigo/notmart]
  • Accesibility [Split out]

-- Bell [This also exists under notifications. which one do we want?] -- Modifier Keys -- Keyboard Filters -- Activation Gestures

  • Desktop search

-- [All Nepomuk stuff]

  1. Hardware [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-hardware.desktop]
  • Display/Monitor settings [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-display.desktop]

-- Size & Orientation [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/randr/randr.desktop] -- Gamma [kdegraphics/kgamma/kcmgamma/kgamma.desktop] -- Multiple Monitors [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/xinerama/xinerama.desktop] -- Screen saver [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/screensaver/screensaver.desktop]

  • Audio & Video [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-audio-and-video.desktop] [needs icon]

-- [Phonon stuff] [kdebase/runtime/phonon/kcm/kcm_phonon.desktop] -- Audio CD Ripping [was "Audio CDs"] [kdemultimedia/kioslave/audiocd/kcmaudiocd/audiocd.desktop] -- CDDB Retrieval [kdemultimedia/libkcddb/kcmcddb/libkcddb.desktop]

  • Main Input Devices (keyboard & mouse/touchpad) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-main-input-devices.desktop] [needs icon]

-- Keyboard [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/keyboard/kcm_keyboard.desktop] [needs better name] -- Keyboard Layout [moved from "Regional & Language"] -- Mouse [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/input/mouse.desktop]

  • Other Input Devices [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-other-input-devices.desktop] [NEEDS ICON. BADLY.]

-- Joystick [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/hardware/joystick/joystick.desktop] -- Remote Control

  • Removable devices (usb stick, massive storage, misc devices) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-removable-devices.desktop]

-- Device Actions (solid actions + Automounter config) [kdebase/runtime/solid-device-automounter/kcm/device_automounter_kcm.desktop] -- Digital Camera [kdegraphics/kamera/kcontrol/kamera.desktop]

  • Printers

-- [Printing stuff goes here]

  • Power Management [Split for treeview] [kdebase/workspace/powerdevil/kcmodule/powerdevilconfig.desktop]

-- General Settings -- Edit Profiles -- Capabilities

  1. Network & Connectivity [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-network-and-connectivity.desktop]
  • Network Connections

-- Network Management (NM config) -- Other (related to NM) -- Wicd (does this exist?, future?)

  • Sharing [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-sharing.desktop]

-- Windows Shares [was "Samba"] [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/smb.desktop] -- Network Credentials [was "Local Network Browsing"] -- [Plasma widget sharing]

  • Network Settings [Needs better name] [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-network-settings.desktop]

-- Proxy [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/proxy.desktop] -- Connection Preferences [kdebase/apps/konqueror/settings/kio/netpref.desktop] -- Service Discovery [kdebase/runtime/kcontrol/dnssd/kcm_kdnssd.desktop]

  • Bluetooth [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-bluetooth.desktop]
  1. System Administration [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-system-administration.desktop]
  • Date & Time [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/dateandtime/clock.desktop]
  • Font Installer [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/fontinst.desktop]
  • Permissions (policykit + remote widgets) [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-permissions.desktop] [Maybe merge with 'Security'?]

-- Authorization Policy [was "PolicyKit Authorisation"] -- Remote Widgets -- Disc Burning [was "K3b Setup"] [extragear/multimedia/k3b/k3bsetup/k3bsetup.desktop] [Shouldn't this belong in hardware?]

  • Security [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-security.desktop]

-- Login Screen [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/kdm/kdm.desktop] -- User Accounts [was "User Manager"]

  • Startup & Shutdown [kdebase/workspace/systemsettings/categories/settings-startup-and-shutdown.desktop]

-- Autostart [kdebase/workspace/kcontrol/autostart/autostart.desktop] -- Session Management [kdebase/workspace/ksmserver/kcm/kcmsmserver.desktop]

Usability Discussion

Started after Trever did a quick usability study with a friend: http://markmail.org/message/ods463crzwjc5erm

Current topics

  • Usability studies are needed.
  • We need a formal policy on what goes where, with something similar to the Desktop Menu Spec by freedesktop.org. Otherwise, everyone will be upset when we change things for every request.
  • Tabs are bad
  • Maybe a better UI?
  • Usability studies are needed.


Things that need to be done

  • Review the icons for everything
  • Review the comments for everything
  • Split the KCMs with tabs into separate KCMs
  • Drop general/advanced category support for systemsettings (finally)
  • https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185752
  • https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157587
  • display.desktop - Contains the same exact components as "kcmshell4 randr kgamma xinerama screensaver". Nuke it.
  • kcmtrash - This should go somewhere.
  • kcmperformance.desktop - Needs split out into two pieces, one for konqueror and another for KDE as a whole
  • Review every .desktop file that shows up as kcontrol as the parent app. The majority of the ones who shouldn't show up in kcontrol are simply for konqueror. However, they should get their own category.
  • Write a specification of the different categories, their usage, along with clear-cut definitions of what is and isn't acceptable for each.