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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KNewsTicker - anyone?
From:       Richard Bos <allabos () freeler ! nl>
Date:       2001-06-18 19:23:16
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It would be great if the newsticker could be used as screensaver.  Just 
popping up single headlines at different places on screen with the newssource 
displayed under it.


On Monday 18 June 2001 07:34 pm, case wrote:

> Hi Frerich,
>
> I'm looking for a way to get involved with the KDE project, and depending
> on how complicated KNewsTicker is, I might be willing to volunteer to do
> this.
>
> I am a university student in 3rd year, presently doing a co-op term doing
> Visual Basic programming.  However, in my previous co-op term and in my
> classes, it has been all C++ and C.  I am also very interested in learning
> Python and Qt or wxwindows.  If I am given the chance to take this on, I
> can probably contribute 2h/day most weekdays, and possibly 5h/day on most
> weekend days.
>
> Of course, in the beginning, I would probably email you about stuff I need
> help with (such as the initial compile).
>
> If we went this route, I guess it would be appropriate to have some kind of
> "training" period while you are still the official maintainer and I just
> get familiar with the source code and your development practises?
>
> Case
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kde-devel-admin@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> > [mailto:kde-devel-admin@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de]On Behalf Of
> > Frerich Raabe
> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:16 AM
> > To: kde-devel@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> > Subject: KNewsTicker - anyone?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > just wanted to ask whether anybody here is bored and feels sufficiently
> > motivated to become the maintainer of KNewsTicker. I've been
> > working on it
> > for a few months now, and it was quite fun, but I noticed that I
> > more or less
> > have to force myself working on it lately. It's quite boring since a few
> > weeks, especially since the program evolved beyond the point I originally
> > wanted it to grow to.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong, I would maintain it if nobody else wants to
> > do so, but I
> > think a new maintainer with fresh ideas might be a better thing
> > than a burned
> > out hacker who just doesn't want to see an otherwise nice applet
> > go down to
> > the dumps.
> >
> > Believe it or not, but I think there are even a few things about
> > KNewsTicker
> > (even though it's just a tiny applet) which could make it quite
> > interesting
> > for others:
> >
> > - It has established a fairly large (I get about two days per day
> > because of
> > KNT) userbase
> > - KNewsTicker ships with a complete desktop environment called
> > "Knewsticker
> > Desktop Environment"
> > - KNewsTicker got mentioned in various publications, including
> > the german c't
> > magazine, not to mention the news sites it appeared on.
> > - I think it is more or less firmly positioned within the KDE base
> > distribution so you can be sure that it'll reside on a lots of
> > systems. ;-)
> > - The Linux kernel is based on old KNewsTicker code
> >
> > So, it would be cool if I could find some motivated hacker who would
> > volunteer to work on the news ticker from now on (so that I can force my
> > energies on a new project), otherwise I'll just have to force
> > myself to do so.
> >
> > - Frerich

-- 
Richard Bos
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