Re: Thoughts on Nautilus

[bob cs csoft net]

On 9 Jan 2000, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> allbery <allbery+@ece.cmu.edu> writes: 
> > There's also the fact that not all of us want to run a file manager.
> > If I have to run Nautilus in order to use any GNOME apps, I'm not
> > going to be happy.
> > 
> 
> "Nautilus" per se isn't a file manager it's just a generic application
> shell, so it's as legitimate a way to implement an app as any (though
> I share James Cape's UI concerns for all nontrivial apps).

What about embeding a abiword doc within gnumeric? (same
situation, just without nautilus) if the toolbars and stuff dont carry
over properly, isnt this a flaw in bonobo? so, you arnt able to embed any
big bonobo doc within another?

> 
> The desktop icons etc. will be independently turn-offable.
> 
> Havoc
>