[Panel-devel] Let's talk Extenders

[Ryan Nickell]

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 20:05 +0200, Amaury Chamayou wrote:
> As you can see we have shaken quite a few ideas around this concept and the 
> result looks rather interesting. The two main points conceptually are :
> 
> -Everything can be torn off to become a plasmoid integrated in the desktop or 
> docked in a bar/kicker/panel stuff/whatever you name it (or even a big meta 
> app to make a task, more on this later, it's not ready yet...). Think of your 
> desktop as a mosaic and plasmoids are little color square.
And also Plasmoids can be docked, in which they become an extender.

> 
> You make the big picture yours using all these squares (yeah I sound like a 
> litterature teacher on crack, sorry ;) ).
> 
> -Three main states :
> 	-Sunken in the desktop, like SuperKaramba applets. As integrated as possible, 
> they are "part" of the background. They still behave as normal windows. Maybe 
> we could make these "stackable" or something too.
> 	-Docked in a bar, that is half-expanded (see search widget). Availble for 
> intensive use, but reduced functionality (when you don't need the whole app), 
> they only live in an extension of the bar. The handle is there to tear them 
> off or move them around..
> 	-Menu/Extender, you have to click first to have the thing appear. Occasional 
> use but more advanced (a really big stuff can pop up, full of options etc).
Are we still considering the ZUI layer?  If so, it should also be one of
the states available to Plasmoids, not extenders.  Btw, wouldn't
'Sunken' be a plasmoid and not an extender?

Ryan Nickell