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Bugzilla – Full Text Bug Listing |
| Summary: | Device Notifier should be in the system tray by default | ||
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| Product: | [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.3 | Reporter: | Forgotten User xs3PtXj4XH <forgotten_xs3PtXj4XH> |
| Component: | KDE4 Workspace | Assignee: | Will Stephenson <wstephenson> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | QA Contact: | E-mail List <qa-bugs> |
| Severity: | Major | ||
| Priority: | P0 - Crit Sit | CC: | badshah400, carlosflange, coolo, dmueller, forgotten_--EoyBps8f, jdd, martin.schlander, wstephenson |
| Version: | RC 2 | Flags: | llunak:
SHIP_STOPPER?
(coolo) |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | openSUSE 11.3 | ||
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| Found By: | --- | Services Priority: | |
| Business Priority: | Blocker: | --- | |
| Marketing QA Status: | --- | IT Deployment: | --- |
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Description
Forgotten User xs3PtXj4XH
2010-04-15 23:01:51 UTC
Confirmed. The 4.4.2 upstream code should have the device notifier in the system tray by default (and the battery on portable systems), but the code doesn't seem to work. I'm investigating if it is an openSUSE problem or upstream. Thankyou Will. Looking forward to further updates. Still present in openSuSE 11.3 Milestone 6. Btw. Maybe we should put the device notifier widget in the panel instead of inside the systray. At least on my machines, when the device notier is inside the systray, the device notifications have a tendency to pop up in the middle of the screen, instead of just above the systray like they're supposed to. Backported the fix from KDE trunk, will be fixed for RC2. @Martin then that's another bug to fix... On a fresh installation of rc2 (liveusb install of x86 build 694) on a laptop, the battery and device notifier widgets are still not there by default. Candidate for shipstopper imho. (In reply to comment #6) > Candidate for shipstopper imho. ??? we can live without this. Even if I vote to have it, it's certainly not a ship stopper!! Of course it should be a shipstopper. The device notifier not being there, will mean that in practice most users won't be able to figure out how to work with removable devices. The battery widget not being there is close to disastrous too. And of course shipping with a default desktop with such a basic fsckup would make openSUSE look completely ridiculous and noone will have any trust in a product that ships with breakage that is immediately apparent seconds after first logging in. (In reply to comment #8) > Of course it should be a shipstopper. > > The device notifier not being there, will mean that in practice most users > won't be able to figure out how to work with removable devices. it's visible from Dolphin > > The battery widget not being there is close to disastrous too. one can add it with "add plasmoid". I agree they should be default, but none prevent the use of the distro. No it doesn't prevent experienced openSUSE loyalists from using it. But it does prevent openSUSE from being succesful and growing. less than unusefull discussions... I'm in no way on charge of deciding, so I won't go further here This HAS to be a shipstopper. Not only should it be there for technical reasons, it should be there for user experience reasons. The device notifier is the one UI element I have received the most praise about. "Wow, what a great idea!" "Why doesn't every OS have this?!" are the two most common comments I have received about it. Most people don't even seem to be aware of the Windows "Safely Remove" system tray icon. Additionally, there is no way a missing battery widget is acceptable for any desktop environment in 2010. Notebook computers represent a significant portion of the machines I ship these days. How can I possibly justify the lack of battery display to notebook users? It seems everyone who can fix it is at akademy? Do we want to delay 11.3 until after akademy? looking fixed again. fixed how? I don't see any submit request. If this is fixed, is there some way to get hold of the fixed package(s) to test the fix out? Last http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/ checkin seems to be back on the 30th of June, so will the fix make its way in to 11.3? Packages from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_Factory/ do solve the problem with the system device notifier. For a default configuration the device notifier now appears in the panel in the system tray. Does this mean the fix made it into final? Or is it being issued as an update? The fix should be in final. This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration: This bug (597162) was mentioned in https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/42583 Factory / kdebase4-workspace https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/42607 11.3 / kdebase4-workspace |