Bug 89368

Summary:	Multiple instances of kdiskfree should not be allowed
Product:	[Applications] kdf	Reporter:	Maurizio Colucci <maurizio.colucci>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	samjnaa
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Maurizio Colucci 2004-09-12 20:01:10 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Multiple instances of kdiskfree should not be allowed. 

In general, KUniqueApplication should be used for apps for which having two open instances does not make sense.

Reason:

Suppose I need to use kdf.

Suppose I keep a lot of open apps, so it is expensive to search the taskbar (or the window list) for kdiskfree.

Also suppose I remember having used kdf one minute ago, but I don't remember if I have closed it.

So I am sure I will find kdf in the k-menu (recently used apps) but I am not sure whether I will find it in the taskbar.

I would like to directly click kdf from the k-menu -> recently used apps, but I can't because if kdf is already open, I get two open instances. So I am forced to scan two lists each time: the windows list in the taskbar, and then, if I don't find kdf there, the recent apps list in the k-menu.

Comment 1 Shriramana Sharma 2007-03-18 18:20:09 UTC

This should be a general policy matter applying not only to KDF but to all applications which do not provide additional utility through multiple instances. (KWrite is an example of an app which *does* provide such additional utility -- as a counter-example.) Please reword this bug. 

I am also giving it some votes.