On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/08/10 20:49, Apoorva Sharma wrote: > > I like all these ideas, but why not do what KDE4 did, and present a > > desktop of files, a zeitgeist timeline, etc. as widgets, so you could > > have access to files and useful information? > > I do think a gadget story is interesting. There's no really compelling > framework out there today, though. Google's implementations have a lot > of rendering and usability problems, and the gadgets are not attractive. > Yahoo's is closed source. The others are marginal. > I was thinking more on the lines of desktop implementations, not web implemtation, like KDE4's Plasma. Am I missing a good candidate? > I don't think you forgot to mention any specific candidate, but is it possible to create an implementation ourselves? It wouldn't need so many gadgets, just a clock, file view, and notes should be enough to start. However, if we had a good framework for developing more, I'm sure more will follow. Also, something like this could possibly work: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/plasmadashboard-equivalent-coming-to.html
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