On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:16:53 +0000 Alan Trick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm pretty new to linux, have never coded a line in C (I hope to some > day, but I'm a web developer for now), and no only a little about how > e works, so I am in no position to do this myself. However, the other > day I got an idea for an e moudule that could be really cool. > > The idea would be to have boxes, just above the desktop, that could > contain stuff. > > 1) it could be pointed at a folder (say ~/Desktop if you want a destop > like apearance) > 2) a web page (this would reqire setting up something to display the > page, I don't know how easy this would be) > 3) a program (instead of running in a window, it would be on the > 'desktop'), I don't know how useful that would be, but it shouldn't be > hard to implement, and it may solve how to do #2 (i.e. run firefox w/o > the chrome) and mabye even #1 (using evidence) > > The boxes could also be styled (backgrounds, border, etc. ) or just > left transparent. > > Anybody else like this idea? I think it would be a great way to use > widgets and such because (X)HTML/javascript/CSS is really easy to > learn, plus it would create a simple way to have a desktop if you > want one, or a list of your music files, etc. > > Alan Trick Sounds like the "basket" app for kde that can hold links/files/dirs/ icons etc, so very useful. codewhise i can't halp with that in any way, but i like the idea and would apretiate something like that, as i used basked back in old kde days ;) cheers! tom
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