Bug 151119

Summary:	KDE usability on small displays
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Mark W. Alexander <mwa>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	alan, kde, orion, psychonaut
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Mark W. Alexander 2007-10-21 03:44:49 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6KDE 1.2)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable PackagesDebian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

I've been having problems navigating various dialogs recently and found that KDE's minimum supported resolution is 800x600. I hadn't noticed before and wouldn't have cared except...

Debian's EABI port has made my Zaurus 3100 a full-blown pocket desktop, with KDE apps just an apt-get away! I use Konqueror, KMail, Konversation, and Kopete regularly and other KDE apps occasionally. However, in order to configure them I have to remote X in from a full size display to be able to get to all the options.

I don't mind if you keep the 800x600 expectation, but I suggest you add horizontal and vertical scrollbars on dialogs when a smaller display is used. There are getting to be a lot more smaller devices where 640x480 is a damn fine screen size and that have plenty of horsepower to run KDE applications.

Thanks for considering this.

Comment 1 Mark W. Alexander 2007-10-21 03:47:23 UTC

Sorry, I didn't mean to open this against KChart. I was looking for general "KDE Usability" for consideration for future standards. Maybe there's no such option for wishlist? If so, can you point me there?

Comment 2 Inge Wallin 2007-12-31 11:27:52 UTC

Ok, moved it to KDE general.

Comment 3 Orion Poplawski 2008-02-21 19:55:05 UTC

I seeing similar trouble on an Eee PC with 800x480 - can't access buttons at the bottom of configuration panels for example.

Comment 4 Orion Poplawski 2008-02-21 19:57:20 UTC

I should add that I running KDE 4.0.1 in Fedora Development, so it's not just a 3.5 thing.

Comment 5 akbrian4lists 2008-03-23 21:25:54 UTC

Observed the same problem on an Asus EEE PC running Mandrvia 2008.1 rc2, you must install compiz or metisse in order to use the KDE "configure desktop" screen, as the apply button is not only not visible, it is completely inaccessible.  A new user will not even know it's there.  I also reported this to qa.mandriva.com as Mandriva bug 39251.

Comment 6 Alan Richmond 2008-06-04 19:19:04 UTC

Seeing exact same problem on Nokia N8x0 devices with 800x480 display.  I mostly need Kontact (and deps) as a Kolab client.

Comment 7 Tristan Miller 2008-11-27 15:16:00 UTC

Is this a duplicate of Bug 90940?

Comment 8 Mark W. Alexander 2008-12-01 01:16:56 UTC

It certainly looks like it. Marking it as such and adding my vote over there.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 90940 ***