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