https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481895
Bug ID: 481895
Summary: The implementation of running in the background makes
it hard to use (or i'm not smart enough)
Classification: Plasma
Product: xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Version: 5.27.10
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: e...@horse64.org
CC: aleix...@kde.org, jgrul...@redhat.com, n...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
The implementation of running in the background makes it hard to use, or maybe
I'm not smart enough to figure this out. There seem to be a couple of problems
with it, that now render one of the applications I want to use seemingly
useless. Here are the issues I ran into:
1. The notification popup about running something in the background doesn't
seem to state which application it even refers to. Even if it did, there
doesn't seem to be any obvious button contained in the popup either to get to
the window in case the name itself would be unclear.
2. The notification popup is obnoxious after seeing it 20 times with seemingly
no obvious way to configure it. For example, it doesn't have any obvious
distinction between "Allow this time" and "Allow always for this app", no
obvious distinction between "Allow and don't tell me again in the future for
this app" and "Allow but tell me in the future", no obvious button to get me to
a settings dialog where I can change this for all apps or see my past decisions
on that, ... (There is a button that got me to a settings dialog but it seems
to have been about ways notifications are displayed in general and not related
to the running in the background permission.)
3. When I click the notification there's this dialog with "Allow" button comes
up, and when I just close it since I find the choices presented to be unhelpful
and somewhat unclear, not only does the portal seem to decide that means deny
(which I'm not sure how that would be an obvious conclusion given if I don't
prompt this dialog to start with that's not treated as a deny ether), but also
the portal seems to decide that it means ALWAYS deny, and that I must not be
shown any way to review or change that in the future either. This now broke one
of the applications I want to use and feels fairly frustrating to me.
I might have missed something however. My apologies if I just missed the
obvious way how to configure this that works.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to use/deal with the running in the background portal notifications
OBSERVED RESULT
The confusion listed above
EXPECTED RESULT
Some more understandable interface which lists more details. Or maybe it's just
me, in that case I apologize
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: plasmashell 5.27.10
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: plasmashell 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.113.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11 and/or 6 (both installed)
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