Bug 446644

Summary:	Most used quick settings are pointless when set by frequency, they should be 'last used' to facilitate repeat access
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Robert Griffiths <r.griff444>
Component:	Quick Settings	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, nate, tneo
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
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Description Robert Griffiths 2021-12-07 21:24:10 UTC

SUMMARY
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'Most used' quick settings have been useless to me. On many systems I have set up, I have looked for something I just used and came back to and it's never been there for me. e.g. I set battery prefs, switch away to another app, then return to syse to set battery prefs again and all I see in most used are colors, themes etc (which may have a higher access stat but kcms I will use again are not well defined by this stat). 
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set something up in syse.
2. Close syse.
3. Open syse and check quick-settings 'most used' so as to return to the same setup page.

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing I have wanted to return to has ever appeared in 'most used'. It has always been populated with colors, themes etc. 

EXPECTED RESULT
Most used should be 'all used' and all kcms that have been accessed should be in the list, sorted by frequency or time (user option button I think).

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-12-07 21:34:12 UTC

If we added all KCMs then it would just be a list of everything, which is not useful because that's already present on the sidebar. Am I misunderstanding, and you are requesting that this list of 5 KCMs be sorted by *recency* of use rather than *frequency* of use? Can you clarify the request?

Comment 2 Robert Griffiths 2021-12-07 21:48:41 UTC

Sure, if it were me, I would simply change the 5 most used to the 5 last used. Not perfect but much better. 

But maybe a few more than 5? So it could be most useful when setting up for the 1st time. I use about 9 I think.

I'm not sure when most used is at all useful? Users don't return to 'difficult to find' options as much as themes so the harder to find options will fall from the bottom of the list: eg if I go to printers a few times coz I forgot my password or 'something' it will move up the list, I will never need it again, and something useful will disappear!

Ideally it would be user choice, with buttons to choose a few settings so as to display a 'MY settings panel'. But that is a lot of work so I propose: 'Last used' in place of 'most used', and maybe a few more than 5.

Comment 3 tneo 2022-02-28 13:28:26 UTC

I was just about to file a bug that shows entries double in the "Most used" section. Changing that to "Last used" would work for me as well. Can you make sure you show items only once?

Comment 4 David Edmundson 2022-02-28 13:33:01 UTC

>Can you make sure you show items only once?

That's an independent bug that would be unaffected by this change either way.

Comment 5 David Edmundson 2022-02-28 13:46:31 UTC

If we changed this we'd get as many bug reports saying to change it back.

It might be better for this use-case of changing one thing, then realising it wasn't right and changing it again, but you break the longer term case of "I have a printer, I go into printer settings often" vs not.