-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [email protected] wrote on 04/10/10 16:40: > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:57, Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected] >... >> I would love to see results of this user test: Before the test, >> install Ubuntu from scratch, then install Chromium alongside Firefox, >> then put a shortcut to some Web site on the desktop. Then in the test, >> get the participant to double-click on the shortcut to open it in >> Firefox, then close Firefox. Now show them Chromium, and say, "If you >> wanted that shortcut to open in Chromium whenever you double-clicked >> on it, what would you do?" > > haah, yes, good point indeed! > Are you suggesting "Preferred Applications" be removed from the > defaults? >...
No, I'm suggesting I don't know whether it's useful, and I would like to know. If we discovered that most people expected to find the settings in individual applications instead, merely removing "Preferred Applications" wouldn't be the answer. We would also need to produce a standard Web browser selection widget that Chromium, Epiphany, Midori, etc could each embed in their Preferences windows; an API so that Firefox and Opera could construct equivalent widgets in their respective toolkits; and the same for mail clients and any other applications that launch based on protocol. (I don't understand what it means to have a preferred "Multimedia Player" or "Terminal Emulator", though.) - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyrI18ACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqPWQCfcMg7i+OA4i0y/I1cVYn5na2E B6QAoLTZzsCdOpliqh1VJSgFJ5qOINTl =H9yx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
