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Board by Talles 2 comments

Wallpaper Other by folken2x 1 comment
- Mar 06 2007

Wallpapers Gnome by Dalius 6 comments
No worries though, just deleate it from here and then repost over at the gnome sites. |-). - Mar 23 2005

Wallpaper Other by th.cherouny 1 comment

KDE 3.5 Themes by thomas12777 1262 comments
I will look into the icons stuff. I did log out and then log backin but it still did not change. I have just now started bab, sent the dcop message and did the killall -9 on kdevelop. It is still starting up in the old style. Ok, now I found it.. There is an option in the rc file for kdevelop. It needs to be amended to reflect the right widget style.
[General]
ShowAlternativeShortcutConfig=true
widgetStyle=Baghira
Unfortunitly I did not see a place in the configuration to change this. You have to delete the rc file and start resetting up your preferences or manually edit the rc file. Now it works fine.
Justace - Jun 07 2004

KDE 3.5 Themes by thomas12777 1262 comments
I got everything installed. Unfortunitly the bab does not work right. It shows up in the tray but with a generic icon and clicking on it does not seem to change anything about application startup. I was able to access it through the dcop and turn on the brushed metal though. Now my apps start up in the brushed metal look and feel. This is the case with the exception of a few applications, namely KDevelop. Now, why in the world do I have things like konq, and JuK running with brushed metal but kdevelop does not. Also, the scroll bars in kdevelop do not look the same as the rest. It is like kdevelop is running the old style that I had and not the new one. Any suggestions?
Justace - Jun 07 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Styles by netfranz 9 comments
This is one of the coolest things that I have seen. The kwin decorations and the style needs to be ported! If it is done I shall use it for my desktop!
Justace - May 07 2004

Utilities by kelvie 347 comments
Justace - May 05 2004

KDE 3.x Window Decorations by jrch2k 357 comments
Justace - Apr 30 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by melenas 29 comments
In the current form, no. In a modified form to have the user desired icon super-imposed on the lower right or something, yes.
Justace - Apr 29 2004
Then it will be time to look for something else to improve on.
Justace - Apr 27 2004
Justace - Apr 27 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 17 comments
Justace - Apr 26 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 11 comments
you could do this. But then what would be different that just making the image in the gimp and then using that as a wallpaper. It would work, but it would lack integration.
And that is what the KDesktop is about, integration.
Justace - Apr 26 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 11 comments
Not trying to say anything bad about karamba, I use it and like it. A solution for this in karamba would seem to be nothing but a hack to me.
Justace - Apr 25 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 17 comments
I wish that I had more time. That is kind of like that preview for the movies that is coming out. I just don't have the free time to impiment this right now. Maybe in the summer? If I can figure it out. Here is a timeline/list of components that need to be done to get this to work and have the functionality I envision.
1. Add icon hotspots
This would create a spot on the icon that positions itself on the grid center when moving the icon.
An default setup would have a possible eleven hot spots to select. icon upper left, icon upper center, icon upper right, icon center left, icon center center, icon center right, icon lower left, icon lower right, icon lower right, text center left, text center center, text center right.
2. Add a snap while moving mode to icon placement. The grid would be fixed and pre-computed. The user can choose best fit mode or just say that he wants the icons to be on 100x100 pixel centers.
3. Add a plugin interface to handle the "icon pile," I liked that term, fun. This plugin would be responsible for drawing the window and the such.
4. Implement a grid override for icons in the pile. That way you can have your desktop icon snap grid and a different on for the icons in the pile.
5. Humm, this is getting long and wisshy, but still good. Store two extra settings for the configuration local to that icon. The first being "icon size" a relative icon size so that some might be smaller than others, or some larger than other. This is similar in functionality to the gnome interface. The second being the "show preview enabled" flag. That way, you can set it to not show the preview for just that icon. By default it would be enabled, but if set could add some power for the end user. This could also do things like I could say, I want all icons in this pile to not show their previews. Then the pile would iterate over each icon in the pile and set the flag to false.
6. Look into the styling engines. Is there a way to specify window types to choose how to draw? If there is then generate styles for the window drawing.
7. Make it cool, if it is not already, by adding the ability to do things like fade to not enabled. In this way you can not select the icons. You could also have it set to sink to an icon to get its contents out of the way. The options are endless. But should deffinitly be handled in the plugin. That way if somebody wants to use a different icon pile system they can. There could be simple and heavy.
Just more ideas
Justace - Apr 25 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 11 comments
Yhea, that is always the enemy. I think that this would require a complete rewrite of the background code. If I had a month off I could probably work on it. As it is right now, I am getting ready to graduate. So my time is being devoted to writing papers and my other job. So, in short, I do not have the time to write this right now, although I would love to.
Also, as for your other concern, The images could be flattened and then cached. So essentially you only have one image for each background, it is not like they get rendered each time you go to the window. Dynamic content, like a web page or something, needs to be run as a separate program. So this would only be for the static portions of the background.
Justace - Apr 25 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 11 comments

KDE Plasma Screenshots by gourdin 3 comments
What platform? - Apr 25 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 11 comments
You find a cool background, but you want your company logo on your desktop also. So you select two layers. The bottom layer would be the cool background. The second layer would be the logo with the offset of the logo set such that the logo would appear in the lower right hand side of your desktop. You could then have some fun with it and set the alpha on your logo to like 60%, then you would see through it. - Apr 25 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 17 comments
But there is a difference. You can put anything in them. More importantly for me it would be datafiles. Like in the example, a project file. Plus, the win 3.1 stuff looked really ugly. KDE could make it sexy.
I think that having certain things on the desktop help to promote productivity. Having icons on there that remind you of work is one of them.
I do not condone icon full desktop, I hate them, I call them "mother desktop's" sometimes. I like clean and productive. - Apr 24 2004

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 17 comments

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Justace 17 comments
And, yhea, the hack job is really bad, but it is just to show what I mean - Apr 24 2004