Re: Gnome-vfs blocks cddb-capplet. Why?



> > Is it possible that the right way to avoid this problem is a shared
> > lib, or have the relevant apps fork/exec the same dialog?
> 
> This is an issue the desktop is going to see more and more of, not less,
> if we want to have more integration across the desktop. We need global
> proxy settings, for example, and at some point we're going to want
> global settings for things like 'what is my email address' and 'what is
> my name.' [Like Windows has and MS Office and IE use to populate
> fields.] It seems like having a shared lib or shared dialog for this
> type of thing is a hacky solution to what is going to become a more and
> more common problem.
This is GNOME - why can't we use Bonobo?

A bonobo capplet to set the prefs could be made and integrated into
existing preferences dialogs.

IMVHO.

mibus

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