Re: [PATCH] Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-29 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Saturday 28 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > Here's a first try: > > Use KIO::TransferJob to retrieve the mimetype of dropped remote content > > This is a rough proof-of-concept to enable dropping remote urls onto > Plasma. Currently they're simply added as an icon. The goal is to be able >

[PATCH] Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-28 Thread Sebastian Kügler
Here's a first try: Use KIO::TransferJob to retrieve the mimetype of dropped remote content This is a rough proof-of-concept to enable dropping remote urls onto Plasma. Currently they're simply added as an icon. The goal is to be able to transparantly add remote content to the plasma desktop by

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:30:41 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > > > > The above procedure works nicely for local content, such as files. > > > > URL's are a special kind of draggable content though. As f

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Marco Martin
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:30:41 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > > > > The above procedure works nicely for local content, such as files. > > > > URL's are a special kind of draggable content though. As f

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:30:41 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > > > The above procedure works nicely for local content, such as files. > > > URL's are a special kind of draggable content though. As far as I > > > understand, a URL doesn't have a mimetype at

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 15:24:11 Dominik Haumann wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > The short version > > > > Is there a way to offer plasma applet creation based on mimetypes of > > content dropped onto Plasma also for URLS? > > > > [...] > > > > I'd like to have this

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:30:41 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > > > The above procedure works nicely for local content, such as files. > > > URL's are a special kind of draggable content though. As far as I > > > understand, a URL doesn't have a mimetype at

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Dominik Haumann
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > The short version > > Is there a way to offer plasma applet creation based on mimetypes of > content dropped onto Plasma also for URLS? > > [...] > > I'd like to have this fine mechanism also working URLs and be a bit > smarter about that. I'm not

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > > The above procedure works nicely for local content, such as files. URL's > > are a special kind of draggable content though. As far as I understand, a > > URL doesn't have a mimetype attached, it's either data + mimetype (+ > > other metainformation

Re: dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-24 Thread Marco Martin
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > The short version > > Is there a way to offer plasma applet creation based on mimetypes of > content dropped onto Plasma also for URLS? > > > The Good > > I think that dropping "random" content on the desktop is a very strong UI > metaphor. If we

dropping content onto Plasma

2009-03-23 Thread Sebastian Kügler
The short version Is there a way to offer plasma applet creation based on mimetypes of content dropped onto Plasma also for URLS? The Good I think that dropping "random" content on the desktop is a very strong UI metaphor. If we can make Plasma accept and Do The Right Thing was all kinds of