1 ## KDE Plasmoid Let it snow
3 Let it snow on your desktop! This widget works like an overlay: snow flakes will
4 always be on top and continue to fall, no matter what you are doing!
7 * Size, speed, count and style can be changed dynamically
9 Implementation details:
10 * Uses special flags of X11
11 * Just QML; no additional install instructions required
12 * Since MouseEvents can't be masked with QML this implementation
13 is a bit different than what is possible with a QT C++ plugin.
15 I welcome user art for cooler and better snow flakes!
17 I also welcome ideas for tweaking parameters. There is a lot, i.e. falling
18 speed, speed rotation, direction, swirling speed of snow flakes, opacity, random
19 size calculation, etc...
21 In case there is interest, I can make a more efficient implememtation in C++.
24 Should be installable through the KDE Store
25 You can also copy this repository in ./local/share/plasma/plasmoids/
27 Here are some screenshots:
29 ![Screenshot](https://robinkrens.nl/plasmoids/classic.png "screenshot")
33 ![Screenshot](https://robinkrens.nl/plasmoids/romantic.png "screenshot")
35 Different snow flake, smaller average size