On Friday 26 March 2010, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote: > > So what I suggest is to keep modes for playing, and let a plugin add > > a new mode, just like we add a new wallpaper plugin in Plasma, for > > example. Then we can have another plugin for, say, Games as you said > > in the previous post. > > Hi Marco, > I, Alessandro and Christophe had a discussion on IRC over this, and I'd > like to summarize what we discussed and the conclusions we made - > > * The general use case for a media center is mode specific (and keeps the > workflow organized), so we keep the modes idea, but one which will be > flexible. * For example, the Pictures mode will be a File Browser plugin > which displays the Pictures, we can have similar plugins for local videos, > youtube videos, a music plugin which organizes files into Artists, Albums > etc * Regarding what you said, we concluded that we might have a "All > Media" mode in which all media can be browsed. In this way, we can > continue to implement the mimetype approach you were talking about. * In > general, the plugin-for-mode approach will allow community written modes > which one can download from, say kde-look.org and plug into the MC. This > will be a great experience :) > > Please feel free to comment in case we didn't get you properly, or you've > some suggestions :)
ok, i basically agree on all the above points. i hope to be able to come online later today to still discuss this a bit. in the meantime the current patch could be a good start, it can be refined and generalized in a second moment :) Cheers, Marco Martin > > - Shantanu > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/3396/#review4684 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > On 2010-03-25 19:01:32, Christophe Olinger wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > > http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/3396/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > (Updated 2010-03-25 19:01:32) > > > > > > Review request for Plasma. > > > > > > Summary > > ------- > > > > This patch extends the controller applet by having 6 different layout > > modes which are adapted to what the media center is currently used for, > > i.e. browsing pictures, playing videos, etc. It sends a signal to the > > containment with the current mode. The containment then relayouts the > > other applets and configures them for the current Mode. These modes are > > defined as enum in the libs. *The browser no longer has any controls. > > Those are now in the controller. *The controller also has a show/hide > > playlist button and a toggle autohide button for itself. *The different > > modes do not have sensible functions yet. I also need to work on > > configuring the applets for each mode, like telling the browser to hide, > > or the player to show. *The controller is not really beautiful. I want > > animations for show(hide icons. I want the modeswitch button in a > > "drawer" perhaps. The toggle buttons need effects. > > > > > > Diffs > > ----- > > > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/applets/mediabrowse > > r/abstractmediaitemview.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/applets/mediabrows > > er/mediabrowser.h 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/applets/mediabrows > > er/mediabrowser.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/applets/mediacontr > > oller/controller.h 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/applets/mediacontr > > oller/controller.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/containments/media > > containment/mediacontainment.h 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/containments/media > > containment/mediacontainment.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/containments/media > > containment/medialayout.h 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/containments/media > > containment/medialayout.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/libs/mediacenter/b > > rowser.cpp 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/libs/mediacenter/m > > ediacenter.h 1107457 > > /trunk/playground/base/plasma/MediaCenterComponents/shells/plasmediace > > nter/mainwindow.cpp 1107457 > > > > Diff: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/3396/diff > > > > > > Testing > > ------- > > > > I tested the controller itself. The actual effect on the other applets > > when changing modes still needs work. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Christophe _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
