
Future of SimpleKDE -Raleigh-
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
These are the concept figures from Raleigh (a prototype from SimpleKDE); some of these ideas may be used in KDE also. For detailed information, take a look at http://www.simplekde.org/node/16
The outline is:
* Active Desktop
* Active Focus
* Raleigh Exposed
* Turtle Kicker
* Verbs & Objects
DarthAndroid
14 years ago
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DarthAndroid
14 years ago
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DarthAndroid
14 years ago
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nunogomez
15 years ago
Personally, these boundaries make me strongly feel that my desktop is limited and I'm not as free as I am with one-bar desktop. I believe I'm not alone in this.
Almost all of the Windows migrators are used to one-bar desktop. We must not play with general attitudes.
With this approach, we can consume less desktop place. Because if we make task bar tinier with 2 bars desktop, task bar will get negligible attention; but with this approach, you can make it as tiny as you can, and still get attention at one point.
This fits very well wih Raleigh Expose approach.
I think having one single center of focus is better
Additionally, (2) implies also the fact that the desktop starts with 0 verbs (as in Windows), and verbs start appearing with user's interventions.
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kwr2k
15 years ago
IMO, a similar concept can be used to switch desktops as well. A slider at that drops down from the top of the screen and then one can choose the desktop required (using its thumbnail) or slide left/right to show other desktops.
Maybe i'll try and post gui mockups for the ideas above ...
Cheers.
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Ricardo
15 years ago
So keep working and find yourself a someone who can do nice and cute graphics :)
Have u think about having those lines over a wallpaper a bit crooked?
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litosteel
15 years ago
If the separation lines will be Drawn over desktop is an awful design...
may you can think of a Well designed desktop Sections..
everyone with is own Background an posible an image or something like it.
And about the bars.. you can't put two bars below..
and to put one above, and one below is just a Mac Imitation...
GNOME (arggggg) bars are enough for Linux... why don't you look at innovative concepts as the Simphony Desktop or something like...
Just my 0.01 cents...
Bye!
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MamiyaOtaru
15 years ago
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loggeman
15 years ago
Why not mkae so that the bars swaps visibility?? You'll never need both at the same time anyway...
Just a thought...
//Logge
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fungs
15 years ago
Because under UNIX, everything is file-based, I would suggest this generic approach:
Each directory created under ~/Desktop gets an own section on the Desktop, this would also make them avaible within other window-managers. If you don't like that, you can specify a different Desktop directory in KDE.
Think father...
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nbensa
15 years ago
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