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Very Nice
by Iuri Fiedoruk on Monday 04/Jun/2007, @06:05

The Plasma video was a good "shut your mouth up" for me, I'm totally sold now :)
The Plasma idea is very good indeed, and I was really worried when I saw a clock, because I tought it would be just a replacement for Karamba, but looks like I was wrong.
But I still don't see how apps will integrate Plasma, at least not for a long time.

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Re: Very Nice
by Aaron Seigo on Monday 04/Jun/2007, @11:45

> I still don't see how apps will integrate Plasma

we can't let all the sekrit plans out all at once, right? ;) seriously though, i have plans for this that should be pretty interesting. i'm hoping to get at least some of them done in time for 4.0. i'll screencast that stuff when it becomes available in any case.

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Re: Very Nice
by NamShub on Monday 04/Jun/2007, @15:05

Are changes in the apps required or could the DataEngine "simply" be a wrapper app around DBUS functions (provided, of course, that the apps in question already export their data to dbus)? I'm trying to think of data that would need to be exported otherwise but couldn't find any reason...

Thinking further, would it be possible to have "really generic" DataEngine, like a DBUS one, that would basically let a plasmoid connect to any DBUS interface you wish?

Currently, I don't understand the need for the cia engine; why couldn't there just be a configurable one simply called "rss"? I guess that's the final plan?

The screencasts are great. I hope more and more developers will take the time to showcase features this way... (Voice-over is a nice touch but I can totally understand mute one, especially for non-english people). Especially on mondays where compiling is... harder, it's nice to see new stuff, like Kwin effects, KPluginSelector in action, and plasmoids.

Finally I must say you really begged my curiosity with the "Media Center" form factor (!!!) Can't wait to see what comes out of it. :)

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