Plasma Vision v 2.0

[Aleix Pol]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Jonathan Riddell <jr at jriddell.org> wrote:
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> Yay, I like it.
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> Across different operating systems? We don't do anything on Windows or Mac.
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> Jonathan
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> 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

Plasma Desktop doesn't work on Windows/OS X, but we know our users
will be using different systems on different machines: maybe Android
or iOS on the phone, maybe OS X or Windows at work or at home.
When developing Plasma we need to keep that in mind and leverage it.

Aleix