On 4/4/10, Shantanu Tushar Jha <jhahon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > * there will be a shared home page > > > > * there will be a set of shared / common components available, such as the > > playlist, media browser and control bar > > > > * there will be some set of shared / common sub-components, such as a > global > > pause button in the control bar > > > > * a state may also need to provide custom sub-components > > > > * a state may also want to provide a custom component for the main viewing > > area (e.g. a full screen plasmoid for weather, or a special browsing > widget) > > > > if we can agree on those points, then we can ask: how can plugins work? > > > > well, it becomes evident that we should provide a way to define which > common > > components and sub-components are useful in a given context from a state. > > > > we also need to allow states to register custom sub-components and provide > a > > "main viewing area" component as well. (additional components that live on > > screen edges, augment the home page, etc. can be something we think about > > later once we have something releasable in hand today). > > > > > Exactly. Right now the Media Browser supports writing custom plugins. > So, if we extend that so that the whole Media Center supports plugin, > I think we can have a great system. > As you said, the plugin can specify what media to show, what player to > use, what controls it supports etc. > So, it will be like we'll have plugins and load them using Traders, right?
yes. then, as i said a plugin says what applets want and what subcontrols of applets wants, and sttatesbare built accordingly > Right now, I'm fixing up the media player's playlist problem, will put > the patch on reviewboard when done. > Chris, regarding the Files browser existing right now, Aaron and Marco > said that to make it better visible on all devices, we can make it > show 3 columns at once (so to make the icons resizable, and later > maybe allow the user to zoom in/out), I tried but there is a small > problem somewhere, so I'd like if you can help with this. Is it fine? > If yes, I'll reply back with the patch :) no, the list view with always one column i think. it's a list. is the grid view that should become thne default Cheers, Marco Martin _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
