Re: [Usability] About Me Applet

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 16:18 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> 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.)

In MacOS X, some bits are in the address book, some others are in the
users capplet, where one can change their own password, as well.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>