Plasma Vision v 2.0

[Jens Reuterberg]

Thanks :) 

I tried to find a different, less convuluted way of saying "different distros" - 
that also tied in other devices beyond laptops and stationary.

If you have a better wording I would love to have it - I can't think of one 
single word that better fits the need. 

On Sunday, 11 June 2017 23.13.12 CEST Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> > ------------------------
> > 
> > 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).
> > 
> > ------------------------
> > 
> > Feedback, spellchecking, grammar checking and just "yay" or "neigh"
> > wanted.
> > 
> > /Jens