Any Plasma UI experts available for some team work?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday, October 3, 2011 20:35:28 Martin Klapetek wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 20:29, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at> wrote:
> > On Monday, 2011-10-03, Martin Klapetek wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 20:16, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > > On Monday, 2011-10-03, Martin Klapetek wrote:
> > > > > Hi Kevin,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 18:34, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at>
> > > > 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi workspace people,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [...snip...]
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If anyone is interested, please let me know.
> > > > > > I am subscribed here on plasma-devel or of course also via
> > > > > > personal
> > > > 
> > > > mail.
> > > > 
> > > > > At our KDE-Telepathy sprint we were looking into the possibilities
> > > > > to
> > > > > include email communication in our new chat plasmoid
> > > > > (work-in-progress), something like "if the user is offline, offer
> > > > > the
> > > > > ability to send an
> > > > 
> > > > email
> > > > 
> > > > > instead" or show a notification about received email with the
> > > > > ability
> > > > > to respond via IM etc. This is something that will obviously require
> > > > 
> > > > Nepomuk.
> > > > 
> > > > > Even though these two plasmoids do not entirely overlap, do you
> > > > > think
> > > > > it would be worth joining forces with KDE-Telepathy on this one? :)
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, sounds interesting, So this is the plasmoid where users can
> > > > toggle
> > > > IM accounts offline/online?
> > > 
> > > Nope, we're working on a chat plasmoid, something that will enable you
> > > to
> > > chat directly from your plasma desktop (think facebook chat/g+ chat).
> > > The
> > > design is not really finished yet, but we're getting there. This will be
> > > another plasmoid from KDE-Telepathy land ;)
> > 
> > I see.
> > 
> > In this case it will be better to do this separate for now.
> > My goal for now is to enable users to see and control what's going on in
> > their
> > Akonadi setup, with a focus on monitoring and control of email accounts
> > and
> > sending.
> 
> Ok, cool. But we're watching you ;)

it would be ++great if eventually this was all harmonized into one plasmoid 
for controlling the status of all communication channels in one place. even if 
it uses telepathy for some and akonadi for others behind the scenes, to the 
user it should appear as one thing.

Kevin's work can perhaps blaze a trail here and then the telepathy folks can 
contribute as they have time and infrastructure to support it in order.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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