Plasma/Workspace Sprint

Methodology

• current vision, ideas, concepts and terminology: are we thinking the same thing when we say a term?
• identify user scenarios, what do you want to do, why and in what situation

in the machine (example: being at work on a document while discussing about it simultaneously on email, chat and audio call)

• what in current suituation of things matches with this?
• what doesn't?
• Try to answer the problem without looking at other

answers.. "because it works on OSX" or even "because it works on Plasma Desktop" are not valid answers ;)

• Wwhy the solution of other system does work/why it

doesn't work?

• Collect high level points of intent, like
  • natural feeling ui
  • few user interruptions
  • settings always correct for what i'm doing now
  • right level of mono/multitasking in different situations (complete

dedication to a task vs listening mucic/glancing over news items while working)

• • ...
• Collect user scenarions, like
  • working on a document while talking about it
  • doing a presentation
  • doing a call
  • ...
  • what are possible sub tasks, more detailed (note: still nothing to do with

implementation) of those points we collected?

Tasks examples

Organic ui

• transitions
• realistic light effects
• ...

Efficience in doing tasks

• think in steps required to do a task, not just in "launching

applications" (that is just an aspect of it)

• what is and what should be the boundary between what is an app and what

is the workspace

• generic "information flow" of everything that i see on the screen (so

yes, include applications switching, not limited to it)

Activities

• what are the scenarios and the problem they are designed to solve
• what are the ui-wise problems in them right now?
• A possible one: gulf of execution (http://cyborganthropology.com/UX_Glossary#Gulf_of_Execution)
• How to reduce it?

Hardware integration

• when to turn on/off bluetooth, audio level, camera?
• what to do if i attach a screen? a beamer?
• what to do if i disconnect to office wifi and connect to home wifi?
• ...

Planning for implementation

• Write an updated version of what is now "ways of the plasma", ui

guidelines etc

• identify where the work has to be done for an abstract task item:

bluedevil? libplasma? qml components? tasks applet?

• actual coding/documenting/coding tasks up for grab ;)