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 * '''Launchpad Entry''': [[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/+spec/mid-jaunty-launcher|mid-jaunty-launcer]]
 * '''Created''': Monday 05 January 2009
 * '''Contributors''': Michael Casadevall, Steve Kowalik, Emmet Hikory
 * '''Packages affected''':

== Summary ==

Kourou is a great launcher, but loses some features, such as displaying backgrounds. This specification is to discuss what features to implement in Kourou, as well as other launcher ideas we should develop.

== Release Note ==

Users may now set background images on Ubuntu MID, and the launcher now has configurable menus and improved finger navigation support.

== Rationale ==

Kourou's functionality isn't complete and should be improved and finished in other places

== Use Cases ==

 * Alice uses Ubuntu Mobile, and uses Kourou to access all the applications on the device.

== Design ==

=== Possible Alternatives ===

 * Use UNR launcher? (likely not possible since there is a lot of HW out there not having GL and/or composite support)
 * Matchbox panel could be considered as a replacement, it's usage model is far from being intuituve though.
 * UNR is already going to need to create a GTK+ frontend for their launcher.  MID can steal that/the backend.  The UNR launcher is well-tested/already-deployed.

=== Kourou enhancement brainstorming ===
 * Add finger scrolling
 * Replace Marquee category selections
 * Add "search for application" feature ?
 * New "favorites" menu category
 * Startup effects/notification
 * Icon reordering by finger (drag/drop support)
 * Zoom in/out
 * Add configurable icon/fontsize gconf options
 * Inspect possible other input methods (jogdial, blackberry pebble, virtua onscreen trackball ...)
 * Use a context menu on longtouch events for "hide", "move", "delete" etc.
 * Add additional view modes, i.e. "ListView"
 * Icons that show state (like the Dates icon showing current date?)#
 * possibly some sorta file view?
 * Implement a "Recently used" category for documents

=== Selected Final Feature List ===

 * Background Image support
 * Finger Scrolling
 * StartupNotification support
 * Menu Editing

== Implementation ==

=== UI Changes ===

TBD

=== Code Changes ===

TBD

== Test/Demo Plan ==

Add a kourou-specific testcase that exercises the 4 selected feature improvements to the TestCases for image testing, and test alongside milestone image testing.

== Unresolved issues ==

 * Kourou currently doesn't support wallpaper setting due to a bug in GtkIconview (no widget transparency), either GtkIconview needs fixing or Kourou needs to use a table of buttons or similar.
 * Would it help to have a Gtk front-end to the UNR launcher? A lot of time and effort (with *lots* of testing) has already gone into the codebase. A new front-end would not be difficult.

== BoF agenda and discussion ==

=== Mobile MID Launcher for Jaunty ===

Kourou is a great launcher, but loses some features, such as displaying backgrounds. This specification is too discuss what features to implement in Kourou, as well as other launcher ideas we should develop.

 * Use UNR launcher? (likely not possible since there is a lot of HW out there not having GL and/or composite support)
   - Would it help to have a Gtk front-end to the UNR launcher? A lot of time and effort (with *lots* of testing) has already gone into the codebase. A new front-end would not be difficult.
 * Kourou currently doesn't support wallpaper setting due to a bug in GtkIconview (no widget transparency), either GtkIconview needs fixing or Kourou needs to use a table of buttons or similar.
 * Matchbox panel could be considered as a replacement, it's usage model is far from being intuituve though.

=== Kourou enhancement brainstorming ===
 * Add finger scrolling
 * Replace Marquee category selections
 * Add "search for application" feature ?
 * New "favorites" menu category
 * Startup effects/notification
 * Icon reordering by finger (drag/drop support)
 * Zoom in/out
 * Add configurable icon/fontsize gconf options
 * Inspect possible other input methods (jogdial, blackberry pebble, virtua onscreen trackball ...)
 * Use a context menu on longtouch events for "hide", "move", "delete" etc.
 * Add additional view modes, i.e. "ListView"
 * Icons that show state (like the Dates icon showing current date?)#
 * possibly some sorta file view?
 * Implement a "Recently used" category for documents
 
UNR is already going to need to create a GTK+ frontend for their launcher.  MID can steal that/the backend.  The UNR launcher is well-tested/already-deployed.

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