On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Dave Neary <dne...@gnome.org> wrote: considered part of the system - IM, back-up, > even things like email & calendaring.
We're trying very hard to make this line stronger, for multiple reasons. There are definitely still some blurry parts - Evolution is an app but the OS talks to it to display calendaring data for example. > And then there are apps that provide system services (things like an > onscreen keyboard, screenshots, an alternative way to share files, a new > IM service, an application-specific screensaver, an alternative > search/indexing tool, etc). Where we want to get to is that there are really just three things: * Apps * Extensions * The OS Most of what you're talking about here would fall under "extension". > If we hard-code what GNOME supports into the design, when the needs > evolve then we need a centralised decision for each new need. Better to > provide a way for applications to integrate with system settings, These aren't applications, and no - we don't want to encourage apps to drop things in system settings. As far as helping out extension authors - yes, I think that has value, but it's not as important as moving GNOME away from the "bucket of parts" model is. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
