Re: thoughts on gnomecc



Steve Fox <drfickle k-lug org> writes: 
> What about user-specific information? 

Everything in the control center is that. 

> I dream of a Control Center which stores my name, email addresses,
> POP3/IMAP/SMTP accounts, http/ftp proxy, and other common application
> information which is all stored in one location, most likely via GConf.
> Then every GNOME application I use can use those settings instead of me
> having to re-enter it all the time. 
> 
> Heck, as long as GConf's original intent was to be a generic UNIX config
> repository, I want KDE and GNOME to share these common settings as part
> of the X Desktop Group's standards. They can even share common
> preferences such as whether icons should be single or double clicked,
> wallpaper, etc.
> 
> But then my stupid alarm clock goes off and I realize that it'd take a
> big sledge hammer for all this to happen ;0)
> 
> Wouldn't it be cool though? GConf seems perfect for a desktop standard
> (who wants to reinvent non-fun stuff?)

Yep, it would be cool. But don't hold your breath. ;-)

Havoc




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