kdeuserk wrote:YES, anditosan you are the right guy!
One thought though: Could the sub categories be shown by a vertical expansion (you click on the category and it expandes and shows the subcategories indented => that would use the vertical space in an optimal manner) ?
It seems like a waste of space if you have for example only two subcategories.
Unfortunately I have no time now to do a mock up of my idea.

I do not understand the logic of the user shown in the top left corner. Will other users settings be shown besides that? If not I would prefer the top area would be revamped. Small detail: Why a round picture? Does not really fit in the square style imho.

This part here was designed to give the impression that the system settings are also personal system settings. This is "your" system and there has to be a human connection to all this at some point. I felt that having something less technology oriented gave the settings balance and a human element. I used a round shape because of the centrality of it. I felt like squares would have required a frame and then I would have added another visual layer to the flat design that I was looking for. Instead I used the natural circle frame that surrounds the image.

Please do not get me wrong, I love your work!

• To pick up bjoern's question about the screen width: Currently, the checkbox list is designed using three columns. What do we do, if the screen is resized or if the checkbox text is too large to have three columns? (Is it possible to have a fix form width in all OS?)
• Sometimes, the items are arranged in four columns as well (color stuff). Are there layout constrains, like "use 1, 3 or 6 columns only"?
• Do we need some kind of TOC for lengthy KCMs, i.e. when content is scrolled? We should keep in mind that one or even two levels get integrated since tabs become groups.
• There was positive feedback on the "see as well" idea. How do we integrate it?
• Search is located at the top of the SySe and works for all KCM thus, and standalone KCMs wouldn't have a search on its own. Does it need improvement?
• How are actions executed (and placed)? That is Restore Factory Settings, Apply, Cancel, and Ok.
• The start page contains a lot of description but the KCMs have to trust in tooltips. Does it need improvement?
• Color pickers (first picture) have the same appearance as the new checkboxes. I think that's easy to fix.
• How do we enable a familiar design and common branding for Plasma Active?
• In respect to the monochrome icons on the start page: Please consider dark themes too.

ken300 wrote:Anditosan,

Please don't take this as me saying that i don't like your mockups, i think they're really great!

This morning i had an idea that could create a bit more room for displaying the settings pages themselves so i thought i'd do a really quick mockup & post it in case it helps at all. I'm supposed to be packing to go on my honeymoon not doing this so it's a bit rough round the edges but the idea should come across.

The link is:

http://element-6.deviantart.com/art/Mod ... 1401357018

colomar wrote:Ah, that could work well for smaller sizes! What might be call is to apply adaptive layout to the whole thing (i.e. presenting things in different ways depending on the available space), though that might give the developers hell.
Have a nice honeymoon!

garthecho wrote:An adaptive layout would be cool, something like what websites already do with mobile and desktop versions of pages. If I could supply my own personal opinion (whatever that is worth) it's that desktop operating systems need not bend to be something that they aren't. We've all seen how some major os's have tried to converge to work with all types of computing devices, and I too often get the feeling that little bits of functionality are sacrificed to make that convergence. We have screen space here in the desktop world! More so these days than ever. Let's use it!

ken300 wrote:Anditosan,

Please don't take this as me saying that i don't like your mockups, i think they're really great!

This morning i had an idea that could create a bit more room for displaying the settings pages themselves so i thought i'd do a really quick mockup & post it in case it helps at all. I'm supposed to be packing to go on my honeymoon not doing this so it's a bit rough round the edges but the idea should come across.

The link is:

http://element-6.deviantart.com/art/Mod ... 1401357018

ken300 wrote:Anditosan,

Please don't take this as me saying that i don't like your mockups, i think they're really great!

This morning i had an idea that could create a bit more room for displaying the settings pages themselves so i thought i'd do a really quick mockup & post it in case it helps at all. I'm supposed to be packing to go on my honeymoon not doing this so it's a bit rough round the edges but the idea should come across.

The link is:

http://element-6.deviantart.com/art/Mod ... 1401357018

• Software Information: Distro / Version / Vendor Logo, KDELibs Version, OS Type, "More" button > Goes to KinfoCenter -> About System.
• Tasks: Updates Status (Are you up-to-date?) -> Goes to Update Manager.
• Quick Settings: Is what it says - some quick settings the user may want front-and-center.

kdeuserk wrote:Is the classical indentation approach no option for you?

Kver wrote:For the opening settings screen why not have the initial systemsettings screen display "at a glance" tasks & Information;

ken300 wrote:Anditosan,

Please don't take this as me saying that i don't like your mockups, i think they're really great!

This morning i had an idea that could create a bit more room for displaying the settings pages themselves so i thought i'd do a really quick mockup & post it in case it helps at all. I'm supposed to be packing to go on my honeymoon not doing this so it's a bit rough round the edges but the idea should come across.

The link is:

http://element-6.deviantart.com/art/Mod ... 1401357018

Heiko Tietze wrote:

Kver wrote:For the opening settings screen why not have the initial systemsettings screen display "at a glance" tasks & Information;

I like the idea although the start screen is less clearly arranged in your mockups. And the updater as used by Canonical is not a standard tool (e.g. Arch Linux has two mechanisms, one for default packages and another for the user repository). Last but not least I would miss the outstanding symbols since it feels like "Don't panic, written in big friendly letters on the cover..."