On 07.01.2009, at 20:03, Jamboarder wrote: >> From: Frank Karlitschek <karlitsc...@kde.org> >> ... >> So what do you think about this ideas? Please post your ideas and >> thoughts. I >> will work on the API and the openDesktop.org integration. I hope >> that other >> websites join and implement this API too. >> >> So all we need are plasmoid developers to integrate this features >> into the >> desktop. ;-) >> >> I think together we can build something really new in innovative >> for KDE 4.3 >> >> >> Cheers >> Frank > > > This is great stuff Frank. Thanks for sharing them. I'm sure this > was already thought about but I'll offer them anyway. I'm excited > about the potential of GHNS as currently one of the most visible > touch points with the community, so that's where my ideas start: > - integrated rating submission > - integrated uploading of content (e.g. It would be cool if I could > extend Desktop Theme Details to allow the user to upload new plasma > themes or theme items they create, or upload a new wallpaper I > created in Krita or digiKam). > - perusal by author/artist/artists-near-me/users-who-liked-this-also- > like/users-near-me-also-like/etc. > - integrated fan/subscription declaration > -doing any/all of the above in a library/service layer so that > getting it into the rest of the app(s) (including integration with > nepomuk) is trivial. > - a plasmoid showing subcribed or updated content that allows the > users to directly load the GHNS module for the content type selected. > - link protocol or mimetype to allow common GHNS installation of > downloaded content. > > Anyway, it looks like a bit of this may already be implemented on > the server side API at OpenDesktop.org. Is that true? >
Yes. half of the features are already in the current API and the other half is on my TODO list. :-) > One of the most valuable pieces of real community is the > participatory impulse that comes from the blurring of the line > between those who create (producers) and those who experience what's > created (consumers). Community, by my view, thrives on this line > blurring, especially when the blurring is well executed. > Hope this helps, > Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel Frank Karlitschek karlitsc...@kde.org _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
