{"id":2211,"date":"2014-07-20T16:45:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2014-07-21T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T08:28:45","slug":"kde-frameworks-5-with-plasma-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/2014\/kde-frameworks-5-with-plasma-25\/","title":{"rendered":"KDE Frameworks 5 with Plasma 2\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t know quite well what does KDE Frameworks 5 do except that it is supposed to be much more modular. As an end-user, what wows me is the user interface of KDE. Some call it Plasma 2 and recently some are calling it Plasma 5. IDK. It is supposed to be built using Qt&#8217;s latest technology i.e. QML. I&#8217;m a great fan of QML BTW.<\/p>\n<h1>Plasma 2\/5<\/h1>\n<p>Looks just like any other KDE (or highly customized Windows XP,7). No new usage paradigm involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2212\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot1-300x168.png\" alt=\"snapshot1\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot1-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot1.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Start-up Menu<\/h2>\n<p>The start-up menu looks much more cleaner. However, there are some padding issues which make is not so beautiful. See in the screeny below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2213\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot11-300x183.png\" alt=\"snapshot1\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot11-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot11.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Taskbar Panel<\/h2>\n<p>There is a nice little blue bar over the active windows&#8217;s taskbar item.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2214\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot2-300x41.png\" alt=\"snapshot2\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot2-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot2.png 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the panel is put on the top edge of the screen, the blue bar disappears<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2215\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot3-300x37.png\" alt=\"snapshot3\" width=\"300\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot3-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot3.png 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the start-up menu, it gets broken.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2216\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot4-300x154.png\" alt=\"snapshot4\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot4-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot4.png 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Music Controller<\/h2>\n<p>KDE finally got the long awaited music controller widget by default which i used to love in GNome and Unity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2217\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot5-300x280.png\" alt=\"snapshot5\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot5-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot5.png 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Regional Settings<\/h2>\n<p>Mauritius is listed as both English and French speaking which is nice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2218\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot8-300x104.png\" alt=\"snapshot8\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot8-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot8.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2219\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot9-300x110.png\" alt=\"snapshot9\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot9-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot9.png 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The settings below suck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2220\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot111-300x214.png\" alt=\"snapshot11\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot111-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot111.png 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How i&#8217;m i supposed to know which country uses 24hr time format or centimeters instead of inches? KDE 4 had better visualizations for these.<\/p>\n<h2>KRunner on Desktop<\/h2>\n<p>When your computer boots, no need to click on the startup icon and choose the programs or file you want to open. Just type in the desktop. KRunner will magically give you the results. <a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot12-300x110.png\" alt=\"snapshot12\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot12-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/snapshot12.png 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> That&#8217;s all for now. KDE will be the leading DE in the future. But it does need some UI refinements. After few more releases, it&#8217;ll be perfect i guess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t know quite well what does KDE Frameworks 5 do except that it is supposed to be much more modular. As an end-user, what wows me is the user interface of KDE. Some call it Plasma 2 and recently some are calling it Plasma 5. IDK. It is supposed to be built using Qt&#8217;s latest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/2014\/kde-frameworks-5-with-plasma-25\/\" class=\"continue-reading\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KDE Frameworks 5 with Plasma 2\/5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,57,61],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kde","tag-kubuntu","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2229,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayarweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}