Re: Re: gDesklets in GNOME 2.5?

[<martin pycage de>]

Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> schrieb am 22.10.2003, 08:57:24:
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 03:26, Seth Nickell wrote:
> 
> > The existing gDesklets model is a confusing mish-mash of the two that
> > produces the worst of both worlds. You have to "install" all the sensors
> > needed for a display, and then you have to launch the .display file as a
> > little bundle in user-realm. There's no standard list of installed
> > desklets (that I can find). Its a usability nightmare.

We are working on a desklets browser to handle all this. Browsing,
installation, deinstallation...

> Can we please get off the vfs crack? Implementing a vfs module and
> hacking up nautilus to integrate with it is *not* a good way to get a
> window with a list in. Such windows are much easier done using Gtk+, and
> you will likely get a much better, dedicated UI.

There is a VFS module in CVS; some people will certainly like it, but
the preferred way will be the new desklets browser.

> I'm doing my best to turn gnome-vfs into a system that handles volumes
> and network filesystems in a good way and integrates well with the
> desktop, but each cracky not-really-a-filesystem vfs module that gets
> added makes this harder.

That's an argument. If people really want a desklets:// VFS module, they

can still pull it from CVS. It's not in the official releases, though.


Bye, Martin