On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 13:22 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 15 janvier 2009 à 12:55 +0100, Rodrigo Moya a écrit : > > > If the two applets don’t share the basic UI (one panel applet and one > > > notification icon), that’s a bigger problem. I guess we could always > > > ship the GStreamer one and start the PA one only if PA is running, but > > > that’s not very consistent. > > > > > you're right here, we need some sort of run-time activation of one > > applet or the other. I guess gnome-settings-daemon's sound module could > > add the applet or the notification icon depending on PA/not PA. > > The problem is not about being able to start the applet, which is at > worst a job of encapsulating it in a script. The problem is about having > the same basic UI in both cases. > > For example, if you notice PA doesn’t work for you and disable it, you > will stop seeing the notification icon when logging in again. However > the GStreamer applet will not be started, since its startup mechanism is > very different and depends on the panel configuration. > > OTOH, if during an upgrade the default changes to being PA, there will > suddenly be two mixer controls on the panel. > > Hence the need for some homogenization. Given the various concerns that > have been raised about misusing the notification area, I think we should > re-focus on the applet idea. > yeah, I agree with you, I think both should be the same (an applet or an icon), so since we already have the applet, I guess it would make sense to add code to the applet to hide itself and start the notification icon if PA is running, or something like that -- Rodrigo Moya <[email protected]>
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