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[Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I that's more about how Slingshot works as a launcher than the
implementation method. In this case, Slingshot should be aware of QuickList
items (such as Midori's Private mode). I don't think having two .desktops
is the proper way to get the desired result.

Personally, I don't care about how ours apps feel on GNOME that much, but
fwiw GNOME is moving towards putting app-wide stuff in their AppMenus that
appear in GNOME Panel. Like I said earlier, if the actions stuff goes into
FD.o I imagine this would be achieved the same way (from an app dev
perspective) for both GNOME and libunity.

But this is getting off topic.

The problem is, How do we provide a way to access the About dialog in a
consistent and sane manner without requiring a (gear) menu?


On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 29.05.2012 21:34, Daniel Foré wrote:
> > I don't disagree with your 1st point. I really dislike the dual
> > .desktop thing Midori is currently doing and having root shortcuts is
> > probably a good work-around while we don't implement policy kit (which
> > is probably the proper way to do it.)
> >
> > I do disagree with the second point though. I'm not sure there's a
> > real big distinction between opening up the app in a certain way (as
> > root) and opening to a certain place (about, prefs, certain plug in
> > Switchboard).
> >
> > The dock shouldn't be hidden by default (except possibly when a window
> > is maximized. We still have to test that).
> >
> > But really, I think the real target of the About dialog is developers
> > and support techs, not users. So I'm not sure we really need it to be
> > discoverable. The only people who want to use it are people who know
> > it exists.
> >
>
> I disagree with the 1st point because I agree with the 2nd point.
>
> Even though I know how quicklists work and even implemented some, they
> are virtually non-existant for me as a user. If I use a launcher icon
> (dock), it is by clicking it. Otherwise I type what I want in the
> launcher window (slingshot). Thusly I type "private" to use private
> browsing. I don't care for having a running Midori and switching to it.
>
>
> As far as I'm concerned, the launcher is even less discoverable than
> most context menus. If you put About in there even support staff will
> have problems finding it unless it also becomes standard practise in GNOME.
>
>
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Best Regards,

Daniel Foré

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