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Plasma Active's Grand Master Plan

On this page, you learn about concepts behind Plasma Active.

Synopsis

Plasma Active is a workspace ("User Experience") specially designed for Active computers. The user experience is designed around social networks, the web and multimedia content.

Plasma Active runs on the proven Linux desktop stack, including the Linux kernel, D-Bus, Xorg, Qt and KDE's Plasma Framework. The user interface is designed using Qt Quick, a declarative markup language allowing for organic user interface design. Plasma Active uses existing and proven Free desktop technology and brings it to tablet devices through a touch-friendly user interface. Existing Plasma Widgets can be used on Plasma Active as well as newly developed ones.

In Plasma Active, the user experience is the key driver for its development. Development, customization and extension is made easy by high-level development tools and easy collaboration.

Project Vision

The vision behind Plasma Active is Create a great user experience for tablets

Or, more specifically: Create a user experience for tablet devices that

offers access to the web, social networks, multimedia and other applications
deeply integrates concepts of sharing, connecting and uploading various artefacts of the user's digital environment
is easy to expand and inviting to participate
provides a great user experience by offering information and interaction
replaces a centralized app-store model with a peer-to-peer-based web of trust of creators and consumers

Status

Plasma Active is in full development right now. The basic workspace shell is working. Essential parts of the user experience are either missing or still being worked on. Hardware options are being researched, and the user experience is being polished. Plasma Active is not suitable for end-users at this point, but a fine testing and evaluation and development base. In other words: It's the perfect time to get involved and help shaping Plasma Active.

The Plasma/Plasma-Active/Tasks section included with some items gives pointers where you can help to make Plasma Active rock.