[Python-apps-team] Kazam UX improvments

[yuki]

Hello Kazam team,

there are some aspects of Kazam that seem to require improvement, for 
getting the best use out of it.

One main problem is the absence of persistent shortcut settings, most 
importantly, to start/stop recording or grabbing a screenshot, which 
makes controlling Kazam unnecessarily impractical.

The current implementation requires either a click on the main app 
panel, or 2 clicks on the tray icon to start recording, while stopping 
is only possible with 2 clicks via tray icon.

Even more irritating and bothersome: the tray icon is in the rightmost 
upper/lower screen corner, while the panel popping up after right click 
appears on the leftmost corner (Debian 11 Cinnamon).

Intuitively, you'd expect one single start/stop button on a main panel, 
which but disappears at the start of recording, even when rendered on a 
screen different from the currently selected one - which is another 
aspect where Kazam lacks: the missing of an option to pre-select from 
which screen to record or grab.

Also, you'll expect a drop-down menu appearing exactly under the clicked 
tray icon, not in a different corner (which is obviously a bug).

Even more intuitive and practical would be, to use the icon itself as a 
start/stop (or pause) recording button and manage all settings from its 
right click menu.

Settings should always get persisted/saved, which currently doesn't seem 
to be the case, e.g. for an alternatively selected audio source, which 
is reset each time the program exits.

A problem when recording from screen seems to be a certain choppyness 
(i. e. to low or inconsistent frame rate), which becomes obvious, when 
trying to record a fast-paced animation scene, e. g. from games.

All in all, Kazam is a nice little, yet simple tool, which just needs 
some details worked out.

Thanks for your efforts!

yuki