Bug 234924

Summary:	Desktop cube should have inertia
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Karl Ove Hufthammer 2010-04-20 22:17:24 UTC

Version:           unknown (using 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2), Mandriva Linux release 2010.0 (Official) for i586)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.31.12-desktop-3mnb

The desktop cube effect is nice, but handling the cube feels somewhat artificial. What I think would help is giving the cube some inertia.

A demonstration says more than words. To see what I mean, download and run the game FooBillard. When the game starts, click and drag to rotate the billiard table. When you let go of the table (at moderate to high speed), it continues to rotate for a little while, i.e., it has a somewhat realistic deceleration effect.

My wishlist is for this effect to be added to the desktop cube. If you rotate it at high speed, it will continue spinning for a while (not very long, and not a long distance) before coming to rest. If you rotate it at low speeds, the effect should be very subtle.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-06-08 20:30:08 UTC

Hello!

This feature request was filed for KDE Plasma 4, which reached end-of-support status in August 2015. KDE Plasma 5's desktop shell has been almost completely rewritten for better performance and usability, so it is likely that this feature request is already implemented in Plasma 5, or is no longer applicable.

Accordingly, we hope you understand why we must close this feature request. If the requested feature is still desired but not implemented in KDE Plasma 5.12 or later, please feel free to open a new ticket in the "plasmashell" product after reading https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

If you would like to get involved in KDE's bug triaging effort so that future mass bug closes like this are less likely, please read https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Bug_Triaging

Thanks for your understanding!

Nate Graham