the next step on the desktop

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday, January 31, 2011, Marco Martin wrote:
> yeah, i see better to introduce changes at small steps.
> for instance, we can put for 4.7 the milestone of screwing  bit more with
> the systray and merge toolbox and krunner (even have the activity chooser
> ui there? I'm a bit intrigued with this idea atm)

hm.. interesting ideas ... i'd love to see mockups of it.

> while in the meantime the big platform changes will go forward (finish of
> the infrastructure for qml plasmoids, significant progress in activities)

yes.

> Let's publish and trumpet a roadmap for that:
> * in 4.7 watch out for those changes, they would put the basis for the next
> revolution
> * market it as a big revolution where -you- can be in (i.e. to get people
> to join)
> * as in pre 4.0 start to publish mockups, as imaes as qml, as longer
> writings..

+1

> * g3 get released, after a while 4.7 gets released with runners and
> activities much more prominent, but still not too scary, still some months
> to watch out how kde4 vs gnome3 will go as public perception
> * for 4.8 enough could be in place to just switch to new things? (like, no
> kickoff by default, something else as dashboard... don't know, but
> definitely something more a change in your face, but around a year from
> now?

i like the idea of a two-phase plan with the big change in january 2012. we 
need to start planning it now, though, i think so we can lay the groundwork 
for it in 4.7 and get a running start to it in the summer as soon as 4.8 dev 
starts. which, i guess, is pretty much what you and Ivan just wrote :)

ok, i've started a wiki page:

	http://community.kde.org/Plasma/2011

it has little of use on it right now, but lets keep this discussion going and 
add things to that page as we go. i'd like us to treat that page right now as 
a brainstorm page where we can collect our ideas.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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