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Project Proposal: Kickoff KDE 4 Rewrite
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This is a re-implementation of the Kickoff menu for KDE 3 originally created
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by the OpenSuSE team.
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Overall goals:
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1. Implement the Kickoff user interface using Qt/KDE 4 technology
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2. Make it easy for distributions to modify the menu contents
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3. Make it easy for distributions to add their own branding
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Detailed goals:
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1. Implement the Kickoff user interface using Qt/KDE 4 technology
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-> Clean separation of core and user interface
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-> eg. Make good use of Qt 4's model/view classes
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-> Use Strigi for search and analysis (or possibly just Xesam interface?)
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-> Use Solid for getting data for removable device list
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-> Attractive, original, but not overbearing graphical effects
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using Qt 4's new painting and animation features.
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To decide on:
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-> Consult the Kickoff/KDE 3 developers and OpenSuSE users about
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any desired changes to the user interface.
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-> Whether to use Plasma applets and widgets or Qt's widgets and
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QAbstractItemView as the base for the view classes.
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-> Provision of Plasma data engines for applets to use to query
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applications, recent documents, favorites etc.
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-> Should facilities be provided for distributions to replace
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Strigi with their choice of search engine?
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Ideas to explore in future:
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-> Use Sonnet for spell-checking the user's search query
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-> Use Phonon for previews of audio and video content
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in the favorites and recently used sections
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-> Light KWin integration for interesting effects for revealing,
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hiding or rendering the Kickoff launcher on composited '3D'
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desktops.
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Goals 2 and 3 are derived from looking at the KDE 3 implementation
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of Kickoff and also the way in which distributions customise KDE.
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Consulting distribution representatives is important to clarify
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these particular goals.
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2. Make it easy for distributions to modify the menu contents
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-> Different distributions may have different tools for system
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configuration ( eg. System Settings , YaST , Mandriva's tools )
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-> The available options on the leave page and the way in which
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those tools work varies depending on the distribution
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3. Make it easy for distributions to add their own branding
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-> The launcher menu is a highly visible part of the desktop,
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distributions are therefore likely to want to brand it with
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their own logos, colors, icons etc.
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This does not mean infinite theme-ability, but rather a good
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out-of-the-box look which distros can easily tweak so that
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it is obvious which distribution is being used from looking
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at a screenshot, and also to allow distros to make some
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obvious cosmetic changes between versions.
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(See the Ubuntu art specs for example which state that each
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new version is supposed to have a visual look which is
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distinct from the previous version)
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