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Why does/should it take at least 5 steps to add a widget? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just noticed today that if I needed to add a new widget to my desktop/panel, I had to right click on the desktop/panel, enter edit mode/show panel configuration, click on "add or manage widgets, click on "Get new" then click on "download new plasma widget" THEN the store opens then I searched for the widget I needed. Then you are in this limbo state where the desktop is in edit mode, but you can still type into the store. Then if I wanted to add that widget to my desktop, I'd have to go back to the "add or manage widgets" and click it again and then find the new widget. Why so many steps to add one thing? Or I can go into Discover to look for it, install it and then repeat most of those steps I already mentioned. Am I the only one? I can't be, can I?

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[–] voracread 5 points 3 weeks ago

It is indeed true that the overall mechanism of handling widgets is bothersome.

[–] m4m4m4m4 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I absolutely agree but I think discuss.kde.org is the best place to, ahem, discuss this issue - more people over there and more chances devs can hear you (and personally I havent' had good experiences with the mods of this community). Maybe even going straight to a bug report because yes, that's a serious UX issue that at least for me has flown over my head if it weren't for you noticing it and talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Tried to log into the discuss site and it blocked me. Lmfao. The mobile version of it is so bad I entered my password so many times it blocked me.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just install the widget first, then add it to the panel.

Think of the extra steps as an NPC guiding you back along the proper path for trying to do it in the wrong order.

It doesn't matter how these things are configured, you'll have extra steps if you insist on doing them in the wrong order.

[edit] Why does order matter? Because permissions. Why do permissions matter? Because fundamental OS security.