Re: Control Center 3.0



On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 19:07 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote: 
> I agree on a single window approach, although I think it would be great
> to continue having the capplets as separate apps

Sounds nice, especially as we wouldn't want third party capplets causing
bugs to reported against the control center.

What would be the best way to do this these days? GtkPlug/Socket, or
some other way?

> 
> > * an 'intelligent' search bar in the shell window (e.g. 'projector'
> > matches display properties)
> > 
> right. So, would the .desktop file of each capplet have to include all
> the related tags to that capplet?

Well, we'd have to think carefully about where to store the data (plus
localized versions), especially if it would be useful to applications
outside control center.

> 
> > * a common way to change 'system' properties (i.e. a way to become root
> > when needed)
> > 
> that's a cool idea also, and using PolicyKit it should be easy, right?

That's what I'd hope, although I don't know much about PolicyKit API.

Regards,

Thomas



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