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Subject:    AW: Idea was Re: Merging applications
From:       Schachner Thomas <Thomas.Schachner () HIROSS ! COM>
Date:       1998-08-31 6:29:22
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	Yes thats it!

	Have fun.

> There were some discussions about a possible merging of some
> application,
> especially 
> kmail, krn, kab (and perhaps korganizer). There were a idea that a
> better
> integration of these 
> program could be wishable. There was also the suspicion that a program
> which combines the features of several programs has alos to fight with
> the
> weaknesses of each program, 
> plus the fact that these problems are mixing and intensifying
> themselves.
> 
> On the other hand, there exist the KDE control panel. It provides a
> (relatively) simple interface, 
> to which external modules can added. Every kcontrol module can be
> started
> separately, 
> but also the control panel can be started and a module choosen from
> inside
> the control panel.
> 
> Now I would like to propose a similar programs to the different
> information
> services which exist as KDE programs, especially the above named, krn,
> kmail and the like.
> I would like to see these programs as separate entities, but with a
> more or
> less similar user interface and the ability to react to a well defined
> interface. All these programs could then be seen as modules for
> another
> program, which incorporates them into a single window, where 
> the user can switch to a module, as seen e.g. in Microsoft Outlook. 
> Beside the above mentioned modules there is the possibility to add
> new, not
> yet specified modules into this architecture.
> 
> An even further going approach could be the integration of these
> modules
> into KFM. 
> There exist already a (mostly not switched on) treeview on the left
> side of
> a KFM window. 
> This is used the show the file system hierarchy for quick navigation. 
> Perhaps there could be introduced "Special folders", like e.g. the
> current
> folders, "Autostart", "Templates" and the like, which are root nodes
> for
> other hierarchical information 
> sources, e.g. a addressbook, mailboxes, newsservers annd the like. A
> click
> on of of 
> them "special folders" would allow the information to navigated, in
> the
> right part of the
> KFM window, now home of either a file view or a HTML view. 
> 
> So much for my idea
> 
> Thoughts, queries, ideas...?
> 
> Dirk
> 
> 
> Dirk 
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