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Re: Message Indicator: Listing apps in menu even if they are not on

 

Martín Soto wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     The current discussions I had with MPT about a related matter
>     panned out roughly like this:
>
>      - the main, default apps should be here by default (Evolution,
>     Empathy, Gwibber)
>      - other apps should install themselves here when first used
>        - if in future we can tell WHO installed an app, they could get
>     it in the menu when they install it
>        - we don't want something minor to show up here for all users
>     of a system when one user installs it
>
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it be possible to show only
> those applications for which the user has already configured accounts?
> Without account access data, they won't work anyway, so, why listing
> them at all?

That's a good idea too! Especially for non-default apps. I don't think
we want to do that for default apps though. MPT?

Mark

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