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On Aug 1, 2011 10:42 AM, "Lasath Fernando" <<a href="mailto:kde@lasath.org">kde@lasath.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hey,<br>
><br>
> Since replacing KNotify messages for incoming chats was put on hold<br>
> till after the whole desktop summit thing, I'd like to get back to the<br>
> original idea I wanted to make.<br>
><br>
> Since I quite like chatting with people while I work, I find it<br>
> obtrusive/annoying to have to switch to a separate window and then<br>
> switch back to my work.<br>
> I noticed however that gmail and facebook have tackled this problem<br>
> quite well, so I kind of borrowed a solution from them.<br>
><br>
> My proposal is this :<br>
> A plasma widget that sits in a panel (One per contact, users can<br>
> choose who they want) that pops up when clicked.<br>
><br>
> Here is a mockup for the UI<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1C3gCj8EuHgimdmAzqp4I-q7yWngYjac0Y2JV0zjNyfc/edit?hl=en_GB">https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1C3gCj8EuHgimdmAzqp4I-q7yWngYjac0Y2JV0zjNyfc/edit?hl=en_GB</a><br>
> I modelled it a bit like the QuickAccess plasmoid. Would be nice if I<br>
> could find it's source code as well.</p>
<p>I was the maintainer for some time, you can get the code somewhere from launchpad (look at <a href="http://kde-apps.org">kde-apps.org</a>, you can contact the dev there) or my github repo <a href="http://github.com/mck182">github.com/mck182</a> but that's probably outdated a bit :)</p>
<p>--<br>
Marty K.</p>
<p>><br>
> Now, about the Dataengine or QML Plugin it's going to use, how exactly<br>
> do I go about building that?<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Lasath<br>
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