Another Summer of Code proposal (desktop dock)

[Fábio Firmo]

Hello again,

I know it's been quite a time but it's not too late. I still want to
participate, and I have some more technical questions. I tried irc yesterday
but only today I realized that was the wrong channel (duh!)

Ok, so the main question is: Will be the dock a containment or a applet, and
why?

The Techbase ideas page mentions a containment, I think it's the right
choice, but I don't know exactly why (and Google want to know, i suppose).
Making it a different containment will make a separation of the tradional
panel and the dock more clear (as opposed to the new Windows 7 bar), and
will possibly make the implementation easier (i'm thinking about parabolic
zooming right know). The downside seems to be that every plasmoid (clocks,
etc) needs a "third context mode": the desktop, the panel and the dock. This
will bring more complexity to the plasmoid makers, and I cannot see any
diferences between a clock in a panel and a clock in a dock.

Anyone have any directions?

I already started writing the proposal. There will be a first version
tomorrow for your review.

Regards,
Fábio Firmo

2009/3/5 Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org>

> On Thursday 05 March 2009 11:59:43 Fábio Firmo wrote:
> > You were not disccouraging Ivan. In fact i'm planning to have the entire
> > environment up and some preliminary code working before the GSoC starts
> (it
> > is allowed, right?).
>
> Absolutely, it's encouraged even. :)
>
> > > Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind.
> > >    -- Mark Harrold
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