On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 10:21 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > But GOA is not a 'generic account setup' dialog to allow all the > worlds apps to drop their own account setup dialogs. If that is what > you are looking for, you will be disappointed. It is the central place > to set up accounts that are integrated in GNOME apps. If third-party > apps can use the same account information, that is great. But we don't > want to crowd the provider list with providers that are not integrated > at least in some GNOME apps. > And we don't want to add switches for services that are not covered by > GNOME apps.
What about GNOME apps themselves adding GOA extensions for services they support? I still think GOA would be a good fit for the initial setup of groupware accounts that Evolution knows how to handle. I could see Evolution adding extension modules for Exchange, GroupWise, Zimbra, Kolab, etc. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
