Re: [Gaim-devel] GAIM User feedback

[Jon-Pierre G. <zen...@ch...>]

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 13:04, Dag Wieers wrote:
> A user expects to configure this from the application by eg. click on=20
> 'Start on startup' or by adding an applet. Rather than look for the=20
> session manager, see what the executable is called like and make it=20
> restart.

I am not sure what GNOME programs you use, but not one that I have
installed does that.  GNOME has a session manager system, which is fully
user configurable. =20

> Sure the session-manager should be used as a framework, but that doesn't=20
> mean the application couldn't help the user to achieve this.

And how many frameworks do we support for that?  Just GNOME?  The GNOME
application development guide does not recommend it anywhere at all.

> > This is not Gaim's job ... why should every single application have to
> > handle this specially?  The session manager should handle it once, in
> > once place -- the applictions should simply respond to session
> > management events.
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> Well, ok, I don't agree with you on this. Most (if not all) users won't=20
> expect this and will consider the absence a shortcoming of GAIM.

Are you on some sorta weird campaign to change how GNOME applications
work?  So far, none of my GNOME based or even GNOME aware apps have this
functionality.  Evolution doesn't.  XChat doesn't.  None of my applets
do.  Gnumeric doesn't.  LogJam doesn't.  And yes, I understand that for
some of those programs, it would not be appropriate.  But then again,
for something like Evolution, it would be.  You can't just say that
everyone expects a certain behavior, when no other applications even
implement such behavior.

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Jon-Pierre Gentil <zen...@ch...>