[GSoC]Integration of kde-telepathy into the Plasma Workspace

[Dario Freddi]

Hi Francesco, and thanks for the interest

On Tuesday 29 March 2011 16:40:19 Francesco Nwokeka wrote:
> Hello,
> 	first off, a quick presentation of myself. I'm a student at the university
> of Padova in Italy and I study computer science.
> My name is Francesco Nwokeka( irc: nwoki ) and I would like to apply to
> GSoC with the following project: "The integration of kde-telepathy into
> the Plasma Workspace".

Reading from your description, I don't really think the project would fit 100% 
into a GSoC, which is supposed to represent a full-time job. A big part of 
what you are talking about (backends for contact lists, part of the dataengine 
you intend to code) have been implemented already, and I think you might be 
better off by adding at least another small target.

Besides that, the idea looks cool indeed.

> 
> The following patches were done in these last two weeks:
> - avoid duplicate tabs
> - added support for detection and usage of links in the chat-ui
> - implemented the search feature for the chat-ui
> - currently working on group chat feature for the chat-ui
> 
> In what does my project proposal consist?
> 
> Well, as written here(
> http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2011/Ideas#Project:_Innovative_new_UI.2FInter
> action_Methods) i want to add a new way of interacting with contacts and
> the way they are displayed to the user.
> 
> What will I do in this project?
> 
> * add two new contact list views in QML
> The two views will consist in a "classic" listview and a gridview ( haven't
> seen any im-clients with this ) that can be interchangable. The user will
> have 3 choices for contact visualization: normal contac-list, QML contact
> list, QML gridview list.
> Both QML contact-list and QML gridview-list will have two or more different
> visualizations to choose from. These will be editable in the settings menu
> of the chat-ui
> 
> * implment drag-n-drop from the contact-list( any of the three mentioned
> above ) to the plasma workspace
> The user will have the possibility to 'drag and drop' his/her contacts,
> from any of the above described contac lists, the the plasma workspace.
> This will result in the creation of a "contact- plasmoid" ( description
> below ) with which the user can interact to do a variety of different
> actions.
> Actions that will range from the most simple ones like viewing contact
> information, starting a 1 on 1 im-chat, a video or audio call or send
> mail, to more complex actions. For example the possibility to initiate an
> online kde-game directly with the contact, collaboration on documents and
> sharing folders.
> 
> With this feature the user will have his/her favorite contacts on the
> plasma-workspace not even a click away so instead of opening a contact
> list and searching for the contact, all the user has to do is click on the
> desktop plasmoid.
> 
> There will also be the possibility to group these contact-plasmoids in
> custom groups defined by the user to satisfy his/her needs and with a
> grouping method which best suits him/her. All this in a lightweight
> plasmoid that will be designed not to be invasive and not to clutter the
> workspace.
> 
> 
> To be able to satisfy the previously described features, the following need
> to be met ( also included in my project ) :
> 
> * implement a collaboration feature for kde-telepathy
> * create the contact plasmoid and the contact plasmoid data-engine
> * create the custom contact-list plasmoid group and its data-engine
> 
> Francesco Nwokeka
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Dario Freddi
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