Am 2017-06-12 01:19, schrieb Aleix Pol:
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org>
wrote:
Yay, I like it.
Across different operating systems? We don't do anything on Windows or
Mac.
Jonathan
On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:40:28AM +0200, Jens Reuterberg wrote:
Time to get back to the vision.
---- Plasma Vision 2 ----
Plasma Desktop is a cross device work environment where total trust
is put on
the user's capacity to best define her own workflow and preferences.
Plasma is simple by default, a clean work area for real world usage
which
intends to stay out of your way.
Plasma is powerful when needed, enabling the user to create the
workflows that
make her more effective to complete her tasks.
Plasma never dictates the user's needs, it only strives to solve
them. Plasma
never defines what the user should be allowed to do, it only ensures
that she
can.
Our motivation is that we enable actual work to happen, across
devices, across
different operating systems, using any application needed.
We build to be durable, we create to be usable, we design to be
interesting.
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Reasoning behind the vision:
The key aspects of it is that Plasma is "Cross Device" - we state
that as
clearly as possible. "Simple by default, powerful when needed" has to
be
repeated within it to hammer that in as that is, in many ways a
communicative
tool we really want associated with Plasma.
Removed Desktop Environment after last one as that was seen as too
much
"computer" and too little "Mobile" etc.
The focus is "work" and "tasks", IRL stuff focusing on a user that
needs to
solve an actual problem instead of an attempt to create further ones
through
complexity. At the same time we want to ensure that we never strip
the user of
options (this is one of the weak points in the vision - more on that
below)
Finally its the poetic vitruvian line at the end: Firmitas, Utilitas,
Venustatis. That something is "well built" or "durable", that
something is
"usable" (from a users perspective easy to use) and finally
"beautiful" or
interesting to use - inspiring usage. Build/Create/Design is intended
not as
work roles ("designer" etc) but something we all do ("designing the
system"
for example).
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Feedback, spellchecking, grammar checking and just "yay" or "neigh"
wanted.
/Jens
Plasma Desktop doesn't work on Windows/OS X, but we know our users
will be using different systems on different machines: maybe Android
or iOS on the phone, maybe OS X or Windows at work or at home.
When developing Plasma we need to keep that in mind and leverage it.
Nevertheless we shouldn't give users hope of having Plasma available on
Windows, OSX or iOS. Even for Android it does not look like any part of
Plasma could be available anytime soon.
Given that I'm also very uneasy with the formulation of operating
systems. Personally I would like to not see operating systems mentioned
in the vision. Personally - as most know - I wouldn't mind if we would
only support Linux (and maybe, maybe the BSDs). Given that at least for
me this part of the vision is not fitting and nothing I strive for with
my work.
Cheers
Martin
