flowout proposal

[Mark]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Nuno Pinheiro <nuno.pinheiro at kdab.com>wrote:

> **
>
> A Quarta, 28 de Dezembro de 2011 15:18:06 Mark você escreveu:
>
> > Hi plasma folks,
>
> >
>
> > I've had this idea for quite a few years and made a mockup for it in 2009
>
> > [1]. At that time it was even for an entirely new desktop environment
> based
>
> > on DirectFB [2], but that idea never came of the ground. Also, the
>
> > "flowout" that i wanted was at that time possible but just a bit to
>
> > difficult in C++ for no real gain (eye candy). However, since about a
> year
>
> > or so (since the introduction of QML) it became possible with a lot less
>
> > effort and thus i spend some time making the flowout idea in QML which
> you
>
> > can download and see for yourself here [3] (note, 2 issues. The
> flickering
>
> > you will see is fixed in QtQuick 2.0. Qt isn't going to backport it
> sadly.
>
> > Another issue is the flowout image is scaling during animation which
> might
>
> > not be best, but i don't know how to resolve that)
>
> >
>
> > Besides that this is pure eye candy, it does make the desktop just look
>
> > more polished when the menu folds out like that and just seems to be
> nicely
>
> > integrated in the panel. This idea should imho be extended to more
>
> > elements: - System tray
>
> > - Thumbnail preview
>
> > - Menu bars
>
> >
>
> > Would it be possible to implement this idea in KDE?
>
> > Or let me ask it differently, what needs to happen in KDE to even be able
>
> > to implement it in KDE?
>
> >
>
> > Please do let me know what you think of it.
>
> >
>
> > Kind regards,
>
> > Mark
>
> >
>
> > [1]
>
> >
> http://mde.mageprojects.com/images/MDE%20-%20Marks-Desktop-Environment%20-%
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> > 20menu_paths.png [2] http://mde.mageprojects.com/
>
> > [3] http://www.filefactory.com/file/c059a4b/n/AdaptivePanel.zip
>
>
> Think i Need you in oxygen.... did you do that wallpaper?
>

Hehe, thank you for the compliment. I sadly can't make those nice
wallpapers. I found that one on deviantart.


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