Re: Gnome 2.14 Module Proposal: Deskbar Applet

[Toady <toady gscore org>]

Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:

> First of all, the applet is not "simple".  Maybe it helps to consider
> it as a complex indexing and launcher application which just happens to
> have an "applet interface".
>  

This is no way an excuse to make fat applications/applets/whatever.
What makes applets complex enough for such a memory usage ?

>  Even if the applet is included with GNOME, nobody forces anybody to
> use it.  Guess what? GNOME ships with a "Contact Lookup Applet".  It
> consumes 14 MB of resident memory.  Yet, I *choose*[1] to not use it, so
> I don't care if it ships with GNOME, I don't waste any memory because of
> it.
>  
So, you are using the excuse of an already "14MB" applet existing, 
opening the doors to somebody using the "22MB" excuse latter.

>  Maybe replacing the run dialog with deskbar (at least by default) is
> going a bit too far.  But, please, shipping one more optional applet is
> not going to hurt anyone.
>  
Yes it is going to hurt everybody. Especially at a time where all GNOME 
developers must focus on optimisation.

There is a difference between having applets somewhere and having the 
officialy inside the desktop environment.