Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Sep 2008 21:47 UTC, submitted by KugelKurt
KDE's Aaron Seigo has published a blog post in which he details how Nepomuk and the semantic desktop can be beneficial to users. He introduces the concepts of "context" and "context switches" - possible states are "writing an OSNews news item", or "posting a blog entry", or "editing your MySpace page". When you switch from one of these contexts to another, it's called a context switch, according to Seigo. "What happens with the rest of the software running on your computer when you switch contexts?" Seigo answers his own question. "Pretty much nothing. At least not automatically."
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2006-01-04
Well .. you will need some imagination and bit of understanding.
With technolgies like this you will be able to adapt your whole desktop and all its apps to different needs.
Simple example:
Work mode: You only get IMs/emails/etc from coworkers and RSS feeds you need. Your desktop displays the files you work on.
Then you decide to take a break and switch off work mode and all the other IMs/emails/etc get displayed. And your desktop shows comics, twitter widgets .. whatever..
Not a very good example, but basically it boils down to: The desktop and all apps can adapt to you and change depending on the stuff you do.