Activities?

Posted Oct 19, 2012 0:18 UTC (Fri) by pynm0001 (guest, #18379)
In reply to: Activities? by man_ls
Parent article: Plasma Active Three released

Well that's just it. They're not "new", Activities have been a KDE feature since before the 4.0 release in Jan. 2008 (some months before the first Android phone was released in Oct. 2008).

Either way, my very limited understanding of the Android SDK when I reviewed it some months ago was that an activity was an implementation detail for a software developer, not a user-visible term in the Android UI.

Activities?

Posted Oct 19, 2012 7:42 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link] (1 responses)

I am no expert, but the Wikipedia says that Google published their Android platform on November 2007. The SDK was available then even if the first phones would not come out for almost a year. (Remember the "OpenHandsetAlliance" that appeared as a response to Apple's iPhone?)

So I understand that activities in KDE are an element of the UI, thanks. Intriguing. dtlin's post below and the link posted are a very good source.

Activities?

Posted Oct 19, 2012 23:05 UTC (Fri) by pynm0001 (guest, #18379) [Link]

You're right that the Android SDK was available early, just keep in mind Plasma was actively in development before the KDE 4.0 release as well. ;)

I'm too lazy to dig up links (and besides, doesn't really matter). Feels like the OpenHandsetAlliance was so long ago though, amazing how much has changed just in 4 years...