kde community plasma integration

[Frank Karlitschek]

On 07.01.2009, at 20:03, Jamboarder wrote:

>> From: Frank Karlitschek <karlitschek at kde.org>
>> ...
>> So what do you think about this ideas? Please post your ideas and  
>> thoughts. I
>> will work on the API and the openDesktop.org integration. I hope  
>> that other
>> websites join and implement this API too.
>>
>> So all we need are plasmoid developers to integrate this features  
>> into the
>> desktop. ;-)
>>
>> I think together we can build something really new in innovative  
>> for KDE 4.3
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Frank
>
>
> This is great stuff Frank.  Thanks for sharing them.  I'm sure this  
> was already thought about but I'll offer them anyway.  I'm excited  
> about the potential of GHNS as currently one of the most visible  
> touch points with the community, so that's where my ideas start:
> - integrated rating submission
> - integrated uploading of content  (e.g. It would be cool if I could  
> extend Desktop Theme Details to allow the user to upload new plasma  
> themes or theme items they create, or upload a new wallpaper I  
> created in Krita or digiKam).
> - perusal by author/artist/artists-near-me/users-who-liked-this-also- 
> like/users-near-me-also-like/etc.
> - integrated fan/subscription declaration
> -doing any/all of the above in a library/service layer so that  
> getting it into the rest of the app(s) (including integration with  
> nepomuk) is trivial.
> - a plasmoid showing subcribed or updated content that allows the  
> users to directly load the GHNS module for the content type selected.
> - link protocol or mimetype to allow common GHNS installation of  
> downloaded content.
>
> Anyway, it looks like a bit of this may already be implemented on  
> the server side API at OpenDesktop.org. Is that true?
>

Yes. half of the features are already in the current API and the other  
half is on my TODO list. :-)



> One of the most valuable pieces of real community is the  
> participatory impulse that comes from the blurring of the line  
> between those who create (producers) and those who experience what's  
> created (consumers).  Community, by my view, thrives on this line  
> blurring, especially when the blurring is well executed.

> Hope this helps,
> Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake
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Frank Karlitschek
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