Plasma shell -> Mediacenter

[Andres Silva]

Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> The frameworks branch of PMC now contains a Plasma Shell which basically
> loads the required QML components and looks/works exactly the same[1].
> So technically we are good to go if a user wants her desktop to be a
> media center.
>
> However, it'll be nice if we can discuss on how the actual workflow
> could be for a user. Here are some things I can imagine-
>
> * User can have a mediacenter activity which she can switch to for
> getting the multimedia experience.
>
> * Or, maybe she can configure the mediacenter shell to activate whenever
> an external TV screen is connected (through HDMI or something).
>
> * The device is a dedicated mediacenter device - the user tells Plasma
> to always load mediacenter instead of deskop
>
> Any other ideas? Thoughts?
>
> [1] http://i.imgur.com/J16niw7.jpg
>
> Cheers!
>
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I like the idea of having the system detect what you are on. If through 
HDMI KDE could offer a menu on the screen to launch the media center or 
keeping the desktop.

Andy (anditosan)
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