Re: Some info (Ref: GSOC 2008 advice)

["Ketil Wendelbo Aanensen" <ketil w aanensen gmail com>]

Just one quick addition:
Screenlets also has basic Superkaramba support, making use of those
aging KDE widgets as well.

- Ketil

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Ketil Wendelbo Aanensen
<ketil w aanensen gmail com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm new on this list.
>
>  Luis Vila encouraged me to send some info to this list, so here goes:
>
>  Disclaimer: I'm not a developer, just an avid user of Gnome and
>  various eye candy. I especially follow Screenlets and AWN closely.
>
>  There seems to be some uncertainty towards the nature of Screenlets.
>  Here is a short update:
>
>  Background:
>  RYX (Rico Pfaus) is the original author of Screenlets. He is no longer
>  working on Compiz Fusion or Screenlets, it seems. Screenlets
>  development has been taken over by Whise (Helder Fraga), mainly.
>  screenlets.org hasn't been updated for ages (except by spam bots...),
>  because noone wanting to do something had access to it, until 2-4 days
>  ago. Now that has changed.
>
>  Now:
>  - Screenlets does not rely on compositing support
>  - Screenlets does support html widgets by the use of WidgetScreenlet
>
>  Aantn (don't know his real name) is working on a universal applet
>  system. He is also heavily involved in AWN. He is taking Screenlets a
>  step further by making it possible to use it as a backend for both
>  Screenlets and AWN applets. (Basically, drag a screenlet to the dock
>  to actually dock it, drag it off to detach it and have it as a free
>  standing app on the desktop. IMO that could be huge from a user
>  perspective with regards to eye candy and coolness.)
>
>  I think that a widget related SoC-project
>  could do one or both of the following:
>  - Making Screenlets into an engine that can run both html/iframe
>  widgets, python based screenlets and maybe some other things
>  - Further the development of aantn's project of making a common system
>  for screenlets/applets.
>
>  Basically, a situation where we have a backend/engine that runs python
>  screenlets, html/iframe widgets, gdesklets, adesklets, KDE's
>  plasmoids, etc. would be a huge achievement.
>
>  Hopefully, I remembered the most important stuff, otherwise please
>  ask, and I'll try to answer to the best of my ability.
>
>  References:
>  Screenlets forum: <http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/forumdisplay.php?f=102>
>  ---> Particularly: <http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=7205>
>  Screenlets home: <http://screenlets.org>
>  3rd party screenlets (and an entry for Screenlets proper) on
>  Gnome-look: <http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=6700>
>  User screenlets: <http://screenlets.org/index.php/Category:UserScreenlets>
>  A Screenlets/AWN discussion:
>  <http://www.planetblur.org/hosted/awnforum/index.php?shard=forum&action=g_reply&ID=1496&page=1&isLive=true>
>
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>



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