Apr
1
2009
Raptor mode for Lancelot
Since Raptor is coming slower than we are hoping, I decided to give you all a preview of what it will behave like.
Starting with the revision r945664, you’ll be able to see all the glory of the Raptor mode for Lancelot.
This is probably the last feature that will be introduced in Lancelot for KDE 4.3. I’m not sure about the category buttons on top, because they don’t really have a purpose now, and the no-click paradigm doesn’t really work in Raptor mode, but it is still retained as an option.
There are some layout problems, but those will be fixed in time for 4.3.
I hope you’ll like it. If you want to test it before 4.3, just compile the SVN trunk.
Very cool. Are you using some raptor code or is this all your own with just the visual concepts from raptor?
Anyways, lancelot is great, thanks for your hard work
Comment by Andrew Stromme — 1 April 2009 @ 18:19
flipn sweet
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Comment by hallowname — 1 April 2009 @ 19:22
Before this comes any further, please look at the date.
I always say that I hate April 1st because of fantastic, but unreal news I read on that day, so I wanted to give my contribution to the overall awfulness of it.
I do apologize for misleading you all.
Cheerio!
BTW, the worst thing is that, when I think about it, the mock-up above could be done quite easily.
Just to replace the ActionListView with something that would show the icons like above and that’s that.
If you remember, Lancelot UI is XML based, and changing it is a breeze:
(see the commit digest if you need more details)
Comment by Ivan Čukić — 1 April 2009 @ 19:31
hhhehehe
the minute i saw it I said april fools 
Comment by pinheiro — 1 April 2009 @ 22:20
Had me there also, nice April Fool
Comment by mandata — 2 April 2009 @ 00:18
@pinheiro: Well, if I knew what is Raptor supposed to behave like, maybe this joke would be like some Google’s jokes (GMail…)
Comment by Ivan Čukić — 2 April 2009 @ 08:11
Hi, it’s a beautiful feature.. but it’s true or false?
Where i can try the source of lancelot with \raptor mode\?
Comment by Arnold — 2 April 2009 @ 10:40
@Arnold: No, it is not real… at least not yet
Comment by Ivan Čukić — 2 April 2009 @ 10:48
Comment by Arnold — 2 April 2009 @ 11:00
@Arnold: I would say later, if ever. I don’t really see the need for it. We need Raptor
Comment by Ivan Čukić — 2 April 2009 @ 11:47