There is no single sign on at the moment. Vinnicus Depizzol's study mentioned that users would like a single sign on, and I'm all for integrating with it once it appears.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Frederic Muller <fr...@gnome.org> wrote: > Hi! > > Very nice site. Is the login integrated with the GNOME wiki accounts, or do > we need to maintain a different user/password combination? > > Thanks. > > Fred > > > On 12/02/2011 05:16 AM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: >> >> We're happy to announce that extensions.gnome.org is now in >> public alpha testing at: >> >> https://extensions.gnome.org >> >> If you have GNOME Shell 3.2 on your system, you should be able to >> install extensions from the website via your browser. This uses the >> "GNOME Shell Integration" browser plugin which is likely already >> installed on your system if you have GNOME 3.2. The plugin only works >> with Firefox currently - see "Known Bugs" below. >> >> We've seeded the site with a small set of extensions, including >> the extensions from gnome-shell-extensions. If you are the author >> of an extension that has been uploaded, and you want to take over >> uploading future releases, please contact us, and we'll get you >> access. >> >> The set of extensions on the site is still small compared to the total >> number of extensions available. We expect more extensions to be >> available over the next few weeks as authors upload them and they >> are reviewed. >> >> About GNOME Shell Extensions >> ============================ >> >> GNOME Shell extensions are small pieces of code written by third party >> developers that modify the way GNOME works. (If you are familiar with >> Chrome Extensions or Firefox Addons, GNOME Shell extensions are >> similar to them.) >> >> Since extensions are created outside of the normal GNOME design and >> development process, they are are supported by their authors, rather >> than by the GNOME community. >> >> Extensions provide a way to prototype out new possible features for >> future versions of GNOME, and for advanced users to make >> customizations in ways that aren't necessarily compatible with the >> overall design vision of GNOME, but are still cool and useful to >> a subset of users. >> >> Since extensions become part of the core operating system, they need >> to be checked for potential security problems. Extensions uploaded >> to extensions.gnome.org go through code review before they are >> made available for download. More information can be found at >> https://extensions.gnome.org/about/. >> >> Known Bugs and Problems >> ======================= >> >> * There are some bugs that currently cause the browser plugin to >> not work correctly in WebKit-based browsers like Epiphany >> or Chrome. We will fix these bugs in subsequent releases of >> GNOME Shell, but for now using Firefox to access >> extensions.gnome.org is advised. >> >> * Extensions that use GSettings to store user settings cannot be >> currently installed as a user; this limitation will be fixed >> for GNOME 3.4. In the mean time, extension authors should >> avoid the use of GSettings if they want to make their extension >> available via extensions.gnome.org. >> >> * Due to a bug in GNOME Shell 3.2.1 code, the uninstall button >> will not work for some extensions. Disabling extensions still >> works, but if you want to remove an extension entirely, you'll >> need to manually delete it from ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. >> >> Reporting Problems >> ================== >> >> If you find problems with the site, please file them in >> bugzilla.gnome.org against the 'extensions.gnome.org' component >> of the website product. >> >> Problems with individual extensions should be reported using >> the "Help! It didn't work!" link on the extension's page. >> >> Thanks to everybody that made this happen! >> >> -- >> Jasper St. Pierre >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-devel-list mailing list >> desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >> > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list