Re: [Usability] About Me Applet

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 21:49 -0700, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> I think the Instant Messaging info could be used by IM clients to
> automatically setup accounts when installed.  I always hate having to
> setup an account more than once, simply because one application
> doesn't know anything about me.
> 
> I wonder what other use cases there are - I'd spend some time chewing
> that over before dismissing it - though it may end up having nothing
> but "whiz-bang" apepal.

It could also be used to populate the GDM face browser, if it isn't
already.  (Trying to think where else it's used on OS X, but it's
implemented a bit differently there-- you can choose a photo for
everyone in your address book and just mark one of them as 'me', which
opens up a few more options.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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