Air and KDE 4.3.
Air was the wallpaper we introduced in KDE 4.2, but that is just the beginning of something larger. Air is supposed to be different than what Oxygen is, something that tries to appeal to a user base looking for a more "sexy" experience than Oxygen (yeah I know you are out there :) ), but to still have the capability of merging nicely with what we have now. The first thing we started working on was a Plasma theme. Plasma, with it's immense plasticity and a fantastic coder team, allows us to try to push for new ideas. Another extremely cool thing about Plasma is it's ability to become anything you want it to be. So a user in KDE 4.3 might have a desktop that looks like this, if that is his wish, without having to use external software: (click for fullscreen mode) This is an example of how simple one can make a desktop in the 4.3 Plasma once we all manage to get all of our plans working. The new systray speck will help, the work being done on the task bar will allow you ...
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Only one thing disturbs me a bit: The spacing between the words in the subtitle (The - social - semantic - desktop) seems a bit wide (Nepomuk is about *connecting* information, after all =) Maybe the subtitle font should just be a bit bigger.
These are just my two cents, everything else looks really awesome!
I think a red orb would fit very well.
It would be really nice to have a plasmoid based on the logo - clicking one orb could make the rest recede, and more little orbs extend for, e.g., your favourite contacts. Is anyone planning anything like this?
Thanks for your great job!
lgpl ofcourse has the logo goes couse its in the oxygen icon folder in apps.
the fonts and other decoratons will probaly be in the site, but that is trivial stuf :)