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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 13-07-09 10:47 PM, Ted Gould wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I was chatting with some folks about Click packages and the idea of having
> multiple entry points for the user for the application.  In legacy application
> terms this would be having the Click package install multiple desktop files. 
> Should this be possible?  Is it a requirement to have it?
> 
> I think that this creates an odd user experience.  You're sitting on the
> application lens, you see an application there which you click on and install,
> then it morphs into two icons.  Seems a bit odd to me.
> 
> I think that the counter-argument is that there might be closely related
> applications where a single bundle makes sense.  For instance Facebook main
> application and Facebook Messenger.  While I understand this, I don't think it's
> compelling over the oddity of the first case.
> 
> What are other people thinking here?
> 

I can think of a few examples...on my Android phone, the Google maps app adds 3
different launchers based on the task a user wants to perform: "Maps", "Places",
"Navigation". I've seen camera apps that add "Camera" and "Camcorder" which each
launch the same app in different modes. "Movies" and "Music" for multimedia
apps, etc.

Even if we decide we don't want to support this now, I believe it makes sense to
create a manifest file that can support it in the future.

Marc.