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 > <[email protected]> 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. > > > > > > -- > > Jason Smith | Desktop Experience Team > GNOME Developer > Canonical USA Inc. > T. +1.248.756.6266 | [email protected] > Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- Jason Smith | Desktop Experience Team GNOME Developer Canonical USA Inc. T. +1.248.756.6266 | [email protected] Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
