Plasma Vision v 2.0

[Jonathan Riddell]

Yay, I like it.

Across different operating systems? We don't do anything on Windows or Mac.

Jonathan


On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:40:28AM +0200, Jens Reuterberg wrote:
> Time to get back to the vision. 
> 
> ---- Plasma Vision 2 ----
> 
> Plasma Desktop is a cross device work environment where total trust is put on 
> the user's capacity to best define her own workflow and preferences.
> 
> Plasma is simple by default, a clean work area for real world usage which 
> intends to stay out of your way.
> Plasma is powerful when needed, enabling the user to create the workflows that 
> make her more effective to complete her tasks.
> 
> Plasma never dictates the user's needs, it only strives to solve them. Plasma 
> never defines what the user should be allowed to do, it only ensures that she 
> can.
> 
> Our motivation is that we enable actual work to happen, across devices, across 
> different operating systems, using any application needed.
> 
> We build to be durable, we create to be usable, we design to be interesting.
> 
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> 
> Reasoning behind the vision:
> The key aspects of it is that Plasma is "Cross Device" - we state that as 
> clearly as possible. "Simple by default, powerful when needed" has to be 
> repeated within it to hammer that in as that is, in many ways a communicative 
> tool we really want associated with Plasma.
> 
> Removed Desktop Environment after last one as that was seen as too much 
> "computer" and too little "Mobile" etc.
> 
> The focus is "work" and "tasks", IRL stuff focusing on a user that needs to 
> solve an actual problem instead of an attempt to create further ones through 
> complexity. At the same time we want to ensure that we never strip the user of 
> options (this is one of the weak points in the vision - more on that below)
> 
> Finally its the poetic vitruvian line at the end: Firmitas, Utilitas, 
> Venustatis. That something is "well built" or "durable", that something is 
> "usable" (from a users perspective easy to use) and finally "beautiful" or 
> interesting to use - inspiring usage. Build/Create/Design is intended not as 
> work roles ("designer" etc) but something we all do ("designing the system" 
> for example).
> 
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> 
> Feedback, spellchecking, grammar checking and just "yay" or "neigh" wanted.
> 
> /Jens