On 19.08.2010, at 23:34, Apoorva Sharma <appi2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 08/08/10 20:49, Apoorva Sharma wrote: > > I like all these ideas, but why not do what KDE4 did, and present a > > desktop of files, a zeitgeist timeline, etc. as widgets, so you could > > have access to files and useful information? > > I do think a gadget story is interesting. There's no really compelling > framework out there today, though. Google's implementations have a lot > of rendering and usability problems, and the gadgets are not attractive. > Yahoo's is closed source. The others are marginal. > > I was thinking more on the lines of desktop implementations, not web > implemtation, like KDE4's Plasma. > > Am I missing a good candidate? > > I don't think you forgot to mention any specific candidate, but is it > possible to create an implementation ourselves? It wouldn't need so many > gadgets, just a clock, file view, and notes should be enough to start. > However, if we had a good framework for developing more, I'm sure more will > follow. > > Also, something like this could possibly work: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/plasmadashboard-equivalent-coming-to.html > If I may lead attention to SeedKit for a second: http://live.gnome.org/SeedKit In a nutshell it's a gtkWidget holding a (optionally) transparent webkit container, it ties strongly with the Seed JavaScript Implementation, GObject Introspection and DBUS (all the sweet stuff everyones looking at right now). I think by putting WebTechnology in the front row we'll have the highest possible developer base. Just imagine something like A Ubuntu Widget Website not unlike Android Market or the App Store ( or a tie in with the USC ) where people can upload new Widgets which provide them with capabilities like : 1. Easy to learn and get into ( any other guy could write a basic Widget within under a Day) 2. Are easily portable to other Mobile Devices, Websites and Distributions 3. Offers Devs of f.e. iPhone HTML5 Apps a very convenient way to bring their Apps to a new Audience in form of a Widget. The sweet thing about it, it's already working and would only need the WM_CLASS treatment (meaning a window class for widgets of course). One could even go as far as supplying the Widget with a pull and push function (Pull= a "real" GTKWindow, push=move back to widget space) and you could even "listen" to the window state via CSS Media Queries. Proof of concept: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1890515/MiniPlayerPreview.ogv I pulled this off in just a couple hours even though I never used Seedkit before. Best Regards, Joern > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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