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Re: [Ayatana] Launcher DnD - import applications on DnD start



Hey Sam,

If I understand you right you want to allow applications to be opened on the file
by dragging the file to it then im all for it. It doesnt sound like a whole lot of work
to get it working either.

--fagan

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 23:26 +0800, Sam Spilsbury wrote:
Hi there,

I was having a quick conversation with a few people about the new
launcher DnD behaviour (highlighting applications which can handle the
MIME type from the .desktop file). I thought it would be cool to
extend this behavior slightly further so that the launcher will import
the default application that handles that file type into your launcher
if there isn't an application in the launcher that handles that file
type.

This is useful if, for example, you want to open an image or video
file through drag and drop, but don't need to have Eye of GNOME or
Totem cluttering up your launcher all the time (since they are
primarily "view only" applications).

What does design and Project Ayatana think?

Cheers,

Sam