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What is raptor? Raptor is a an amazing project i have been working in the last few days. It trays to be a fresh new way of finding your desktop applications, and interacting with its users.
It should be very easy to configure it to be in the way you want it to be.
And it will display more info about the application, what does it do and what for.
You can find more images here and the ground base document here.
Join us at #raptor to know more about thsi wonderful project.
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Anyway, there's a typo in the last screenshot "Last used 20 mintes ago".
*lot* of typos(haded instead of added, wen instead of when, pxcl instead of pixels, etc.)
I'm not a native English speaker but it surprised me.
And.... This wallpaper has to be the stadard wallpaper in kde 4 soooooo much ! its great, its better than all the mac os wallpapers i just love it.
just a question: where is the switch-off button?
read this :)
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Plasma/Menu#Raptor_AI_Engine
What an ego, with little to show.
Well, I didn't see options to manage switch user, logoff, restart computer, lock screen ... these kind of things. Maybe it would be really interesting to add a group named "Leave" or something at "New user action structured menu" to access these options.
Well, I didn't see options to manage switch user, logoff, restart computer, lock screen ... these kinds of thing. Maybe it would be really interesting to add a group named "Leave" or something at "New user action structured menu" to access these options.
lol and what have you done lately?
hem... that page is a bit outdated, the final algorithm is a lot more sophisticated.
And trust me if I say that because *I* studied the case and prototyped it into a spreadsheet. ;-)
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http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/41/adapt_menus.htm
Peter
And I'm not sure I would have logout and such nonsense on the application finder, it doesn't belong there. make that a part of the kicker(replacement) instead.
Two up Raptor team!
later on. This is a work in progress. I have to agree - the wow factor here is strong.
Best of luck guys.
Does your code do so?
Sorting that way is nice, as I then only have to type "f" to get firefox, and not "firef" to distinct it from my firewall.
I`m implementing this same ting for ion3 --for ages now... i'm lazy :(
But why do you think that text besides the huge konkeror icon is useful?
change that for a screen shot or a simple diagram that gives up what the program do instead. much nicer if you wanna be overkill. also, i hope you can get to konkeror writing web or webbroser...
also wonder how long processing will take you just type a "k" there :)
kde4 is great, brilliant.......
So, I'll wait and see :)
The usage pattern thing would be new, but it is not mind-blowing. Seems to me, that someone could add that feature to Kickoff in a day's work. I guess I just feel by the time they add all the feature people will want (shutdown/hibernate buttons, favorites, search), it's just gonna be Kickoff with a different front-end.
I'm not trying to be overly critical. It just doesn't seem like this will be a main stream project or KDE default. With the current UI, it seems destined to become a niche thing like kbfx. Coincidentally, kbfx had a very different yet equally odd scrolling mechanism. Regardless of my opinion, I do wish success upon the project and its contributors and look forward to being proven wrong.
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I thought that one could use the idea and do a "menu" (placed like the one in OSX) where a move downwards would bring you deeper in the hierarchy, a move upwards higher, and right/left change between the categories or applications. One should use nice (and descriptive icons) that grow bigger the closer you are to select that category/application, and shrink when you change your mind and go backwards or move sideways. It's kind of like the application bar in OSX but would have a second dimension giving the hierarchical structure of a menu.
The advantage to a standard menu would be that you wouldn't need to be so precise with your mouse -- I hate browsing a menu and accidentally selecting a wrong subcategory -- and as shown by dasher, an experienced user can become extremely fast in finding just the right alphabet/application.
it would be a great replacement for katapult which still wants to give me "konquest" instead of "konqueror" when i enter "konque"...
Yes its similar to kickof in some way's dough I wasen't looking at kickof wen I was thinking about it.
I realy did not liked the visual concepts under kickof. Sorry.
I don't find horzontal mostly one line visual scroling harder than multiple line scroling. If anything more easy.
About the size, from what i have seen kickoff has the size problem aswell, cant show infinite apps all at wonce maybe 12 or 15, right? We can display by defoult up to 10 the user can make that much more like kickof its recisable. but the fact that its ahs the database thing under will help us alot couse the most used apps and probaly the app you are loking for will be there on that frist scren no need to scroll and couse the sapce is so small and the icons so big the fit's law values you will get wil be much beter in raptor than in kickoof.
specily couse the most important stuf with high database ratio will be bigher.
Not to mention the advantages to linux newcomers that an more extencive aplication description will have, specilay if combined with the database.
I would like to encourage you to continue working on this!
I looks pretty neat.
Is there any code yet?
Bye!
You should allow tagging for applications, or provide a good
default-set of tags within the programs description e.g for Firefox "explore internet, browse, webbrowser, www".
There should also be an opportunity to set shortnames, like typing "ff yt"
would launch www.youtube.com with firefox.
Cheers,
Ciao!
Ben
I didn't realize that it was resizeable...I hope you can get a more vertical look. I do look forward to trying Raptor out. My comments were just first impressions based on screenshots. I am hoping that it will turn out to work. I also do not like the visual concepts of Kickoff....so if Raptor can provide the same features and more, under a visually pleasing interface...I will love it.
The reason I mentioned the scrolling is because I really liked kbfx, but hated the scroll up/down links. It should of used a regular scrollbar like kickoff. It doesn't have to be an ugly gray scrollbar...it could be part of the theme.
One idea I have for the horizontal scrolling is to have a slider instead of a horizontal scrollbar...sort of like the volume widget in Amarok. Small and sleek.
The users could answer the survey and the results could be released like graphics.
I guess this' the better way to obtain informations about usability.
:)
In this usecase, sidescrolling through the horizontal menu may become painful. Basically what I am suggesting is that the switch from Adaptive to List based search should be seamless and preferably in a vertical list or some zooming grid UI...
Great stupid-oriented step forward!
Instead of doing things better, they'll make it just pretty
An other problem is, when the menu looks different every time I open it, because it arranges the applications in an other order.
These things should have an option to switch them off.
What I really liked was a mockup made by nookie: http://nookie.kbfx.org/pics/raptor/
especially pic5:
http://nookie.kbfx.org/pics/raptor/raptor5.png
The icons are also big enough for the nice oxygen icons and fit's law. I think it gives a much better overview and navigation would be faster, if the categories are well chosen.
Since you have to click on a category to appear on the right, there is also not the problem that you accidentally select a wrong subcategory, you don't have to be so precise with your mouse.
Maybe there is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Perhaps we are destined to having an array of designs living side-by-side....we are already seeing this with Opensuse and Vista having the optional "Classic Menu" in addition to their new styles.
unfortunately, i think kickoff sucks.
the same with lancelot.
we need raptor.
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