Re: Proposal for inclusion of mozilla-bonobo in 2.5

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:12:37PM +0200, Christian Glodt wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 18:47, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> 
> > Given that in the core desktop we are moving away from embedded views,
> > I'm not sure this is a good idea at all.  Generally, if I have a file, I
> > want to view it in a real window, not an embedded stripped-down "view"
> > in a web browser.
> 
> Well, it's not my decision to make - I'm just proposing it since I find
> it useful, and since I think it provides functionality that is present
> in other desktops but not in Gnome.
> 
> > Are there any cases for *requiring* this functionality in order to
> > browse a site?
> 
> No. It can replace non-free plugins though (like the Acrobat Reader
> plugin), and it's convenient for taking a quick look at documents
> on the web (although that's a matter of preference).

Now, there's a good reason.  Eliminating non-free plugins is a good thing if
we can help it.  (provided the GPLd ones do the job properly)

sri