[Kde-hardware-devel] GSoC, we can't miss it this time!

[Alex Fiestas]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM, todd rme <toddrme2178 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Multiple input devices for shortcuts.  Currently only keyboards can
> provide shortcut events.  Other input devices like mice, remotes, and
> voice cannot integrate as deeply with KDE, and it is hard to use
> shortcuts that combine devices (like mouse+keyboard).  However, there
> is an opportunity with frameworks to rework the global accelerator
> classes.  The goal of this project would be to rework the classes into
> a device-agnostic system where plugins provide generic events which
> the global accelerator then maps to actions.  The project would also
> require making at least one plugin (the keyboard plugin).
There was somebody already working on this within KDE, from my point
of view this is
something an experience person should do because we will have to modify Qt

> 2. iPod/iPhone kio slave.  Work is already underway for an mtp kio
> slave to make it easy to seamlessly browse mtp devices in the file
> manager and provide consistent access to apps like amarok and digikam
> (which currently use their own implementations).  The purpose of this
> project would be to do the same for apple devices using the
> ipod/iphone protocol.  This would provide considerably better ipod and
> iphone support than even apple offers.
Good point ! maybe we can call this project "Android and IPhone" support so we
can cover more ground, writting a kio_ios doesn't seem to be a 3month task.

> 3. Generic remote device (smartphone) notification framework.  Lots of
> people use smartphones these days.  The idea of this project would be
> to create a generic framework for sending and recieving notifications
> over a network, bluetooth, and USB.  This would then be paired with an
> application on a smartphone (or perhaps another computer) to allow
> sending notifications between the devices.  The project would probably
> involve making the desktop side and at least one smartphone app for
> the student's smartphone os of choice.
Mmm not sure this exactly fits Solid, it is an interesting topic
(actually i wrote something together
with ereslibre called androidshine with does that) but not exactly
solid material.

> 4. Print job kio slave.  The purpose of this project would be to
> create a kio slave for printing and print job management.  Users would
> be able to view the list of print jobs, see their status, delete them,
> and drop files into the file view to print them.  Being able to drag
> fils out to get a pdf or ps version of the printout would also be
> nice.
I can ask dantti to make this part of his GSoC (Project: Finishing and
Polishing Printing support) it sounds
like an awesome idea to me!

> 5 Scanner kio slave.  An easy scanner interface using file managers
> (like the current CD ripper kio slave).  There would be a folder for
> each scanner.  When the folder is opened it will pull in a preview
> from that scanner.  There would then be folders for supported
> resolutions, with individual files for common paper sizes, the whole
> scanner area, auto-detected pictures (i.e. if you can multiple
> pictures at the same time) and, if available, text files for OCR.
> Dragging one of these to the filesystem will trigger a full scan with
> those settings.
I have no idea about scan or if people actually have more than one,
maybe we can ask current kde
scanner software maintainers for advice?