Re: Brainstorm: Possible niches for Plasma Active / what is needed
On Friday, February 22, 2013 14:30:47 joseph.ana...@gmail.com wrote: Plasma active, can be presented as the tablet interface to get some real work done. this is generally how we position it. key ideas include: * a task centric design in Activities * not just an app bucket * productivity applications included * a non-toy file manager, etc. -- Aaron J. Seigo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Active mailing list Active@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
Brainstorm: Possible niches for Plasma Active / what is needed
Brainstorm: Possible niches for Plasma Active / what is needed Plasma active already has plenty of positive attributes going for it. The tablet wars are heating up and some is already entrenched with Google and Apple. Plasma active may need to find niches it can exploit to gain a larger user base. Plasma active, can be presented as the tablet interface to get some real work done. It already has a PIM suite and an Office suite as well as a touch friendly drawing canvas app with Krita touch. Some possible other areas it can be extended is to scientific / math with a touch version of kalzium and cantor.(these can be future GSoC). PA can try to position itself as the better offline tablet. While other platforms and tablets are focusing on online apps and functionality PA can fill the niche of offline functionality and use. Another possible way to leverage PA is to make it a reference viewer / companion, what may be needed is an offline wiki-viewer(possibly the ability to install the full wikipedia) an offline dictionary and a spelling / translator app. While other tablets and platforms leverage the Cloud this can be a way PA differentiate itself by allowing a more complete and useful offline experience. PA may also be able to differentiate itself by allowing a better offline mapping solution. Marble already supports downloading tiles and using routing engines. What would be needed is vector maps and the ability to used the planet.osm file. Having the whole world in your tablet would give PA full bragging rights would increase it's offline usefulness. Feel free to respond and brainstorm further. ___ Active mailing list Active@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
