Summer Of Code [Desktop Dock]

[Alexander Shenoy]

Hello,

My name is Alexander Shenoy. I am a student at the University of Pittsburgh
at Bradford and I was considering a summer of code project. I have also been
looking for a way to contribute to the KDE community. I was wondering if
there had been any proposals submitted for the Desktop Dock Plasmoid idea.
This project really interests me and would give me the opportunity to
contribute to the KDE community. I am preparing a propasal right now, but I
wanted to contact the plasma team to see if there was any other information
that I should be aware of.

I have long wanted a dock for the KDE desktop. Also, I have some interesting
ideas about the dock. One of the things about the Mac Dock that has always
annoyed me was the thumbnail when minimizing windows. The thumbnail looks
out of place when side by side with beautiful icons. Instead, I propose to
use Present Windows to show the windows in that application on a hover of
the icon within the dock. I also thought of having a small area on the right
of the dock that would allow users to use keyboard inputs to launch
applications and find documents. The basic idea is that you would click this
and the dock becomes a search tool. Then the user can type in a phrase and
get search results in a pop up(or drop-down) menu and applications in the
dock. While this idea might be beyond the scope of the Google Summer of
Code, I believe that it would improve usability substantially as far as the
Dock is concerned. This is also a project that I would be interested in
working on even past my summer of code obligations, should I get accepted.

Anyone have any questions or comments before I make my final proposal

Thank you,

Alex Shenoy
University of Pittsburgh Bradford
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