Plasma shell -> Mediacenter

[Aleix Pol]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Shantanu Tushar Jha <shantanu at kde.org>
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!
>

Having it activated when a said EDID appears is a good idea, something like
a "couch" mode would be great.

Showing it as a different desktop layout seems misleading and I think we
probably don't want to give that option.

Aleix
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