On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Nuno Pinheiro <nuno.pinhe...@kdab.com>wrote:
> ** > > A Quarta, 28 de Dezembro de 2011 15:18:06 Mark você escreveu: > > > Hi plasma folks, > > > > > > I've had this idea for quite a few years and made a mockup for it in 2009 > > > [1]. At that time it was even for an entirely new desktop environment > based > > > on DirectFB [2], but that idea never came of the ground. Also, the > > > "flowout" that i wanted was at that time possible but just a bit to > > > difficult in C++ for no real gain (eye candy). However, since about a > year > > > or so (since the introduction of QML) it became possible with a lot less > > > effort and thus i spend some time making the flowout idea in QML which > you > > > can download and see for yourself here [3] (note, 2 issues. The > flickering > > > you will see is fixed in QtQuick 2.0. Qt isn't going to backport it > sadly. > > > Another issue is the flowout image is scaling during animation which > might > > > not be best, but i don't know how to resolve that) > > > > > > Besides that this is pure eye candy, it does make the desktop just look > > > more polished when the menu folds out like that and just seems to be > nicely > > > integrated in the panel. This idea should imho be extended to more > > > elements: - System tray > > > - Thumbnail preview > > > - Menu bars > > > > > > Would it be possible to implement this idea in KDE? > > > Or let me ask it differently, what needs to happen in KDE to even be able > > > to implement it in KDE? > > > > > > Please do let me know what you think of it. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Mark > > > > > > [1] > > > > http://mde.mageprojects.com/images/MDE%20-%20Marks-Desktop-Environment%20-% > > > 20menu_paths.png [2] http://mde.mageprojects.com/ > > > [3] http://www.filefactory.com/file/c059a4b/n/AdaptivePanel.zip > > > Think i Need you in oxygen.... did you do that wallpaper? > Hehe, thank you for the compliment. I sadly can't make those nice wallpapers. I found that one on deviantart. > > -- > > Nuno Pinheiro | nuno.pinhe...@kdab.com | UI Designer > > Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > > KDAB - Qt Experts - Platform-independent software solutions > > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel > >
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