Next-Level Desktop Environment

Various thoughts on a desktop environment concept.

New DE Application Meta GUI Toolkit

End users can graphically arrange their toolbars, menus, and tool banks, and then export/import them as profiles that can be shared with others.

• DE Applications use a user customization UI Toolkit mode (similar to Firefox's "Customize" mode, but more
  
• DE Applications use a convenient user Profile Save/Import/Export
  
• DE Application UI Toolkit integrates with sharing platform
• browse for application profiles and themes that only pertain to that application
  
• DE Applications utilize multiple tool user accessibility tiers
• Tier 1: Buttons/Toolbars/Dialogues/Tabs
  
• Tier 2: Custom Drop-down Menus
• Tier 3: Bank of Consideration
  
• Tier 4: Bank of Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind
• Each individual tool can be moved between tiers
• Each Menu is based off of custom tool tags
  

 

 

 

Decentralized Sharing Platform

• Integrates with applications
• Ideally, the platform precludes non-open licensed content to avoid piracy
  
• Also has a dedicated search application (like Discover)
  
• Browse previews of, and select application themes and interface profiles
  
• Sort by popularity of downloads
• Checkbox search filters and word search filters
• Sharing Platform is OS independent
• Uploads to sharing platform are direct exports from each application
• Uploads consist of non-executable files
• json files
• theme and image files

 

 

Customizable System Settings Application

• Remove or add settings based on preference and applicabililty
• ie: I do not even have Blutooth, so I want to move its settings menu "out of sight and out of mind."
  
• Demote or promote settings to the interface level for convenience and streamlined simplicity
• Avoid feature overload, but also provide extensive possibilities
• Create settings buttons for custom actions
• Link custom buttons to scripts and applications

 

 

 

 

Master Profile Save/Import/Export 

• Save all attributes of your desktop gui settings
• Save all aspects of system settings
• Export all settings to one single archive
• Import archive file to refresh all settings
• Upon import, select checkboxes for relevant settings to import
  
• Settings include
• keyboard shortcuts 
• system macros
• hardware settings
  
• default applications
• activated repositories
  
• installed applications
• installed packages
• extensions used
• individual application profiles
• icons/themes/gui settings
• desktop toolbar settings
• etc.