Re: UI guidelines for extensions?

[Ricardo Gladwell <ricardo gladwell gmail com>]

I guess because Google Reader is the application, so rather than have a 
specific desktop application, the gnome shell extension acts as a 
notifier for the web application.

Sound convincing?

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On 07/31/2011 05:34 PM, Maciej Marcin Piechotka wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 17:21 +0100, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > I'm writing a Gnome Shell extension for Google Reader.
> >
> > Just had a quick UI question: which part of the desktop interface would
> > such an extension best belong?
> >
> > At first I implemented this as a tray icon system status button, but I'm
> > thinking it might be more appropriate as a panel button in the middle of
> > the main panel, next to the clock?
> >
> > Are there any UI guidelines as to what belongs where in the Gnome Shell
> > desktop?
> >
> > TIA...
>
> I am not UI expert/gnome-shell developer but why should it be extension
> rather then separate application + notifications?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
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