Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference in Ottawa

2006-03-02 Thread Alex Graveley
There is a still a lot of discussion and work to be done, beyond just X. Namely, as an application developer, what API do I use to access these cool 3D features? -Alex Aaron J. Seigo wrote: On Sunday 26 February 2006 16:49, Bastian, Waldo wrote: * The 3D Linux Desktop: 3D support affects

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Jeremy White
> [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/portland/2006-February/000131.html Wow! I'm most embarrased; I had thought this was all to be discussed on the XDG list; I never even signed up for the Portland list. Man, those clue bats hurt! Cheers, Jeremy _

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Thursday 02 March 2006 23:02, Jeremy White wrote: > >>* Follow up to Portland initiative > > I am very interested in this; none of the other topics grabbed me. In this case it might be of interest to you that some of us desktop developers have started [1] to implement APIs for some of the Por

RE: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Leon Shiman
on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:38:29 -0800 waldo bastian wrote: Thanks for pushing this. >> >>* Sound and multimedia: Hardware support, multimedia frameworks and >>codecs. >> >>* Accessibility I've strong interest in seeing that both of these are well organized, supported, and attended. It is also grea

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference in Ottawa

2006-03-02 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Sunday 26 February 2006 16:49, Bastian, Waldo wrote: > * The 3D Linux Desktop: 3D support affects the X server, window manager, > compositing manager and desktop applications. How does it all fit > together? How can 3D be used to improve the end user experience? talking with zack rusin about

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Ming Poon
Waldo, It is a great idea and we will certainly participate on the topics suggested. I always thought that a pre-requisite to creating great desktop applications is a great development environment. I think Linux still sucks in this area. Maybe it is another topic you can add to see how more fo

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Jeremy White
> I have not seen any response to this. That either means you think it's a Sorry - you're not shouting into a vacuumn; I certainly appreciate your efforts and focus on this. >>printing, wireless and power management in April 2006. In order to I have no input on these subjects. >>* Follow up to

Re: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference in Ottawa

2006-03-02 Thread Jim McQuillan
Waldo, I'm the project leader for LTSP.org (Linux Terminal Server Project), and as the upcoming DDC in Ottawa, I'd like to see some discussion about some things that are very important to those of us who are deploying Linux thin clients. Some of the hot issues include: o Desktop integration of

RE: [Desktop_architects] Summits at Desktop Developers Conference inOttawa

2006-03-02 Thread Bastian, Waldo
I have not seen any response to this. That either means you think it's a great idea or that it's such a bad idea that you can't be bothered to even respond to it. It's very hard to justify spending time and money on this if there is no visible support for this so I would very much appreciate it if

[Desktop_architects] Experience of an ISV, success and validation

2006-03-02 Thread Jeremy White
Hi Folks, As we continue the project we're working on, we're fine tuning our approach for desktop integration. One of our guys did some testing with Evolution and email integration and was frustrated that he couldn't get attachments to work via command line urls. Further, he had a lot of awkward