Re: GSoC - Improving the desktop experience with the "Task" and "TaskMonitor" D-Bus API

[Salomon Sickert <sickert in tum de>]

> One thought occured to me: your progress overview mockup contains the
> "lowest common denominator" for progress displays. Some apps may require
> a context menu on progress items or extra information about an item (for
> example, the source URL of a download). Have you thought about that?  

Yes, there will be a method called "show_details()", which will cause
the "worker" application (which actual performs the task) to pop up a
more detailed dialogue.

> Some bugzilla references you may find useful:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612791
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537408
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518662
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511256
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349777
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328982
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162971

Reading through these reports, I think a huge portion of these could be
solved fairly easy if the proposed architecture is in place.

Cheers,

Salomon Sickert