On Thursday 15 July 2010 17:03:02 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On July 15, 2010, Stuart Jarvis wrote: > > Alternatively, maybe we have the app which is called $something and can > > run anywhere and also a very simple Plasma Media Center workspace for > > full-time Media Center pcs that pretty much Plasma Desktop with different > > defaults: no panels and maybe just a couple of system monitor widgets, a > > button to launch $something and that launches $something full screen on > > login. > > you've just described exactly what PMC will be. :) > > it can be used as: > > * a media center augmentation to Plasma Desktop or Netbook. in this case, > it runs as a full-screen app and "takes over" the computer's display and > interaction while running. kind of like a screen saver, only for media > services and without requiring a password to exit. > > * the workspace itself. in such cases, launching random apps probably isn't > part of the desired use cases, though that could indeed be supported fairly > easily if it ended up falling into scope. generally, in this usage it would > be used on a dedicated media center device connected to a large screen > (t.v., projector, etc.) and used for media playback / storage exclusively. > > as such, i think the branding works as Plasma Media Center since in both > use cases it becomes the work space one is interacting with. in the first > use case, it's a temporary "overlay" while in the second case it is indeed > the full workspace. in both cases, it's the exact same binary being run.
So we can market it as a workspace, while noting that you can switch to it from within another workspace? (Much like you can switch from a Plasma Desktop to a Plasma Netbook session without logging out, although that's uncommon and not something we really push). Cool, in that case I'm happy :-) Cheers, Stu _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
