Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-09-02 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
A Domingo, 2 de Setembro de 2012 07:29:50 você escreveu: how come I like "Back to Basics"? well because its nothing, in reality it can be what ever we say it is... I tend to like this sort of messages, to the user it can be what eve, usualy if we set the right mood it can be exactl

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-09-02 Thread Agustin Benito Bethencourt
Hi, "Back to Basics".. I like the idea of putting effort in those things that we use everyday and we have lots a little focus about. To me, the "traditional desktop" is the nexus of this community in many ways. But I think that the message must be a global one. We h

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-20 Thread Marco Martin
On Saturday 18 August 2012, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > there are no "basics". > > never have been. > > never will be. > > i respect and admire the desire to make things better. that's always a good > thing. but what thing(s) should be better? > > you mention at some point the mouse/keyboard driven

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Rick Stockton
On 08/17/2012 03:16 PM, "Aaron J. Seigo" wrote: On Thursday, August 16, 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: >one thing lead to another and I acoured to me that the timing is perfect for >a release were we focus on the basic desktop, and we market it just like >that a "

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
> > like that a "back to basics" release for the big 4.10, so we would do a > > few litle thing that improve the basic desktop experience the things > > people use 90% of the time, and we market that, we market that we still > > care about mouse and keyboard inter

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Friday, August 17, 2012 23:52:52 David Edmundson wrote: > but making patches is the only thing that matters. exactly :) don't wait for someone to show up to start doing what matters... (it's been 6 weeks since the blog entry you reference) -- Aaron J. Seigo signature.asc Description: This i

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread David Edmundson
nitial list of minor bugs to fix, we've got a plan, started on some blog/promo. It's all pretty much just pending for the main guy leading the program to get back from holiday and for us to get over the Kubuntu rush before we hit with blog posts, bug reports and patches. I think this

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Thursday, August 16, 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > one thing lead to another and I acoured to me that the timing is perfect for > a release were we focus on the basic desktop, and we market it just like > that a "back to basics" release for the big 4.10, so we wou

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
bility to search and launch applications in a > >>> > fast way. KDE now has everything to build an unique experience > >>> > which is not traditional but desktop convenient. > >>> > > >>> > What do you think? Any comments? > >>>

Re: Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Friday 17 August 2012 16:00:46 Marco Martin wrote: > On Friday 17 August 2012, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > On Thursday 16 August 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > > So what do we think good idea? > > > > I like the idea and it's an interesting answer to Windows 8 :-) > > > > What I would like

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Kevin Ottens
On Friday 17 August 2012 16:40:32 Marco Martin wrote: > what i was proposing now was basically mostly a slight behaviour change of > the systray: all icons can be set as "auto", explicitly shown or explicitly > hidden. > > could be tried to default as explicitly hidden for all icons of applications

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Marco Martin
On Friday 17 August 2012, Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello, > > On Friday 17 August 2012 14:34:44 Marco Martin wrote: > > so, going monochrome reduces noise, leaving only what's is actually > > important reduces noise. > > something that may be worth trying is to put by default icons of > > "applicatio

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
A Sexta, 17 de Agosto de 2012 16:00:46 Marco Martin escreveu: > On Friday 17 August 2012, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > On Thursday 16 August 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > > So what do we think good idea? > > > > I like the idea and it's an interesting answer to Windows 8 :-) > > > > What I

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Friday 17 August 2012 14:34:44 Marco Martin wrote: > so, going monochrome reduces noise, leaving only what's is actually > important reduces noise. > something that may be worth trying is to put by default icons of > "application" category in the hidden area (can still be explicitly show

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Marco Martin
On Friday 17 August 2012, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Thursday 16 August 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > So what do we think good idea? > > I like the idea and it's an interesting answer to Windows 8 :-) > > What I would like to see is collecting a list of tasks to be done and try > to attr

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
A Sexta, 17 de Agosto de 2012 14:51:10 Martin Gräßlin escreveu: > On Thursday 16 August 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > So what do we think good idea? > > I like the idea and it's an interesting answer to Windows 8 :-) > > What I would like to see is collecting a list of tasks to be done a

Re: Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Thursday 16 August 2012 21:47:12 Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > So what do we think good idea? I like the idea and it's an interesting answer to Windows 8 :-) What I would like to see is collecting a list of tasks to be done and try to attract new blood for it - there just have to be many users who wo

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-17 Thread Marco Martin
On Friday 17 August 2012, Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > as I said you probably dont want to open that can of worms, like many > things in oss it will take its time to get it fixed as it requires people > to start thinking difrently.. on a side note you should notice that > virtualy all desktops (includ

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-16 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
that most of those are in the traditional > > desktop > > area... you know the basic stuf... > > > > one thing lead to another and I acoured to me that the timing is perfect > > for a release were we focus on the basic desktop, and we market it just > > like that

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-16 Thread Carl Symons
er and I acoured to me that the timing is perfect for a > release were we focus on the basic desktop, and we market it just like that a > "back to basics" release for the big 4.10, so we would do a few litle thing > that improve the basic desktop experience the things people use

Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics

2012-08-16 Thread Aleix Pol
o another and I acoured to me that the timing is perfect for a > release were we focus on the basic desktop, and we market it just like that a > "back to basics" release for the big 4.10, so we would do a few litle thing > that improve the basic desktop experience the things people use

Back to basics

2012-08-16 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
nd we market it just like that a "back to basics" release for the big 4.10, so we would do a few litle thing that improve the basic desktop experience the things people use 90% of the time, and we market that, we market that we still care about mouse and keyboard interaction and wh