> On Июнь 20, 2015, 7:10 п.п., Martin Klapetek wrote:
> > +1 for adding all that info
> > -1 for putting it into its own tab; previously it was visible right away, 
> > now an additional click is needed. Maybe it could be stacked all under the 
> > application name? I mean it's just 2 more lines to add there...
> 
> Sebastian Kügler wrote:
>     Putting more and more versions there doesn't scale. Just cramming more 
> and more stuff in there doesn't really make it more beautiful, putting it 
> into its own tab means that the information is neatly organized.
>     
>     Also, the version is really an implementation detail, and having one 
> version there will often yield another round of asking ("Which versions are 
> you running? - "version x.y.z" - "No, I need the versions that are shown in 
> the tab, so also frameworks, Qt, and whether it runs on wayland or X11."
> 
> Martin Klapetek wrote:
>     Honestly the only time I've seen/told anyone open that dialog was to get 
> the app version number. This was previously visible right away, now it's 
> hidden in an additional click. Could perhaps be at least made the 
> first/default tab?
>     
>     "and having one version there will often yield another round of asking"
>     
>     I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at, but given there was 
> only one version string in that dialog for longlonglong time, I've never hit 
> the scenairo you're describing. My idea was to do this:
>     
>     KWrite
>     ======
>     Version 5.0.0
>     Using KDE Frameworks 5.12.0
>     Qt 5.4.2 (built against 5.4.2); xcb/wayland
>     
>     ...ie. just add one more line below the current data set in the main 
> layout and have no version tab at all; all the data visible right away after 
> opening the dialog. It doesn't need to scale as there are no more version 
> numbers to put there (unless we want to put everything in there).
> 
> Martin Gräßlin wrote:
>     one of the thoughts was also to give applications a possibility to easily 
> add more information about it. E.g. in KWin the supportInformation (we don't 
> have an about dialog) there are about 10 individual version/compile 
> information put out. So while you didn't have the need yet, I experienced 
> this need in the past a lot.
>     
>     Concerning first tab: not sure. Is this the most important information? 
> And even if: do users count the clicks? I doubt it.

If there will be 10 versions in the main tab, it is still not a problem because 
we can make the view scrollable.


- Alexander


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On Июнь 20, 2015, 4:30 д.п., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
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> (Updated Июнь 20, 2015, 4:30 д.п.)
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> 
> Review request for KDE Frameworks.
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> 
> Repository: kxmlgui
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> 
> Description
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> 
> This replaces the version information of the version and frameworks and
> moves it into a dedicated tab. In this tab the information is extended
> by the Qt version (which is equally relevant as e.g. the frameworks
> version) in both runtime and compile time.
> 
> Also windowing system is added. This will become a useful information
> for KWin developers starting in Plasma 5.4 when users start to test
> things out and we need to know whether the window they experience the
> problem with is running on wayland or xwayland.
> 
> 
> Diffs
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> 
>   src/kaboutapplicationdialog.cpp 5eeea7711aa4f95a9cd4191d68ad330ef795caea 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/124133/diff/
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> 
> Testing
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> 
> 
> File Attachments
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> New wayland, new X11, old X11
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> https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/06/20/b76ba6ae-b01c-4c6a-9248-29d39c652d83__snapshot_J11265.png
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Martin Gräßlin
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>

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