Bug 265672 - Small polish
Summary: Small polish
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kmix
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christian Esken
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Reported: 2011-02-07 08:09 UTC by Victor Varvaryuk
Modified: 2012-11-15 00:20 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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This is the window which appears when maling single left lick on volume icon in systray (8.62 KB, image/png)
2011-02-07 08:10 UTC, Victor Varvaryuk
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The window which appears when right clicking on volume icon (9.93 KB, image/png)
2011-02-07 08:14 UTC, Victor Varvaryuk
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the mixer window (17.54 KB, image/png)
2011-02-07 08:19 UTC, Victor Varvaryuk
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Description Victor Varvaryuk 2011-02-07 08:09:13 UTC
Version:           3.7 (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

I would like to suggest some minor enhancements, which, i suppose, are very easy to do.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Victor Varvaryuk 2011-02-07 08:10:51 UTC
Created attachment 56936 [details]
This is the window which appears when maling single left lick on volume icon in systray
Comment 2 Victor Varvaryuk 2011-02-07 08:14:40 UTC
Created attachment 56937 [details]
The window which appears when right clicking on volume icon

Here is an option called "Restore". Looks like "restore" has the same functionality as button "Mixer" on previous window.

If it is the same, i think it's better to call "Open mixer", to be more clear what the action does. "Restore" is unclear - what to restore? why restore and not open?

If the functionality is not the same - rename it to reflect more clear the difference.
Comment 3 Victor Varvaryuk 2011-02-07 08:19:42 UTC
Created attachment 56938 [details]
the mixer window

Suggestions:
1. Start the window title with "Mixer" - to create for user the right association what is this window.
2. Item "Quit" in file menu closes the plasmoid (the cion form systray disappears) - unexpected result. Either rename it to "Close plasma widget" (or similar). Or, my suggestion, remove it. Better to close plasmoid from context menu, when right-clicking volume icon.
Comment 4 Torrie Fischer 2012-05-17 21:21:27 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Created attachment 56938 [details]
> the mixer window
> 
> Suggestions:
> 1. Start the window title with "Mixer" - to create for user the right
> association what is this window.
> 2. Item "Quit" in file menu closes the plasmoid (the cion form systray
> disappears) - unexpected result. Either rename it to "Close plasma widget"
> (or similar). Or, my suggestion, remove it. Better to close plasmoid from
> context menu, when right-clicking volume icon.
This is actually expected behavior. The KMix icon isn't actually a plasmoid. It is a KStatusNotifierIcon provided by the kmix application.

Though I agree, it is a bit confusing. I don't think much can be done about that, unless someone else comes up with a better idea. Replacing KMix with a volume plasmoid is certainly an option.
Comment 5 Christian Esken 2012-11-15 00:20:48 UTC
Thanks for your suggestion.
But please note that "Restore" is the common term in KDE in the tray menu. You see it in various applications, like Amarok and KMail. "Quit" in a main window is quit, and that commonly removes the associated tray icon in various applications, in KDE, Gnome and even others.

As both features constitute standard behavior, I will not change them.