On 6/25/06, Glenn J. Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Snip my original message:
> Yeah, what happened to Dashboard? The last update on the weblog is the end > of 2003. I love the idea of "persistent real time information display", > like Beagle search but fed a stream of cluepackets. Was it just too much > overhead on the system or something? I have no 'inside information' but I remember reading that it's development was stalled in order to allow Beagle (which Dashboard will use a lot) to be completed. Beagle search that is cleverly targeted at the files currently selected in Nautilus is exactly the type of thing I was thinking about for the sidebar - providing 'Files edited at a similar time and of the same type as this' and 'Files containing the title of this document' - or even 'GAIM conversations about this' in the sidebar The idea would be that Beagle Search could be one engine for the sidebar - and many other things could be used along side it IF required > Who, have you seen Nautilus Actions[1]? It's a way to offer a similar thing > in the right-click menu, but perhaps there could be a Nautilus Actions > sidebar too? I do use Nautilus actions - but I feel that it is not perfect because * It can only display static menu entries (as far as I know) - no query based items or previews or other things like that. * Having many options makes the menus too large/complicated and makes it harder to get to the other context menu functions * The need to right click makes it less intuitive for new users The link I sent mentioned having a Nautilus Actions engine for the sidebar design I am suggesting/asking about - I think it would be great :) Thanks for the feedback, Who _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
