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[Jason Smith <jason.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 18:10 +0200, Roth Robert wrote:
> Showing only the default app is not the best thing I think, because
> opening the file with the default application can be done by simply
> double-clicking the file. It would be nice to use this possibility to
> show all the apps that can open the file (based on the mime type), and
> the file would be opened with the app that the file icon has been
> dragged into.

Hmm this is a good point, maybe 2 or 3 then? Certainly we want to cap
it.

> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Jason Smith
> <jason.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         I think showing the default app is the ideal. We could always
>         have it
>         show in a standard place. There would need to be some design
>         on this one
>         but it should be possible.
>         
>         On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 15:53 +0000, Neil Jagdish Patel wrote:
>         > 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?
>         >
>         > Personally, I think that would be a very, very useful
>         feature. I guess
>         > you could argue about where it would stop, but I think even
>         showing the
>         > default app that can handle that filetype at the and of the
>         launcher
>         > application icons (i.e. where it would open), would be
>         pretty awesome.
>         >
>         >
>         
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Jason Smith | Desktop Experience Team
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