Re: [gDesklets] WTF?

[hx203628 <Xusheng Hou Sun COM>]

Lauri Kainulainen wrote:
Hi Lauri,
I think it is only the gDesklets shell engine that shipped as a part of 
Gnome which include no desklets as default.
As some desklets is going to be shipped as part as solaris express 
developer edition.
I'm writing a wiki page to say which desklets have been tested that 
working on solaris as well as its URL.
So I don't think it is bad as it is part of Gnome.
Thanks.
Xusheng Hou
> Since when are we a part of the official Gnome? Why didn't we hear about
> this :D -->
>
> """
>  gDesklets
>
> GNOME 2.18 also includes a widget-type feature called gDesklets. The
> idea here is to provide little apps that run on top of the desktop, like
> weather displays, calendars, RSS aggregators, and GUI applets to display
> CPU usage. Currently there's a lot of duplication of applets -- you'll
> find three or four CPU applets, and several disk temperature monitors,
> for example.
>
> To use them, open the gDesklet Shell and browse the available applets.
> If you want to run one, just double-click it to make it hover alongside
> your mouse pointer. You can then drop it onto the desktop itself.
>
> The gDesktlets are a great idea, but they're not yet 100% stable. Under
> Foresight the gDesklet application wouldn't even launch. Under Feisty,
> some of the gDesklets behaved fine, but when I tried to launch one of
> them -- a taskbar replacement -- it wouldn't detach from the mouse to
> the desktop, and I had to hard-kill the gDesklet daemon and manager to
> get my pointer back. Most of the applets ran just fine, though.
>
> I'm disappointed that the only help associated with the gDesklets Shell
> application is the About dialog and tips of the day.
>
> Overall, gDesklets are neat, but I think it will probably be GNOME 2.20
> before the software is fully usable.
> """
>
>
> source: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/02/1919225
>
>
> Of course that is incorrect.. I think we need shape up before we're
> really included in Gnome :)
>
>
> Br,
> Lauri
>