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. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
