Why not take a modular & customisable approach with the shell. It could come preloaded with recent documents etc, but also you could add plugins to it from maybe an integrated plugin explorer. I'd like to potentially have a gnome-do style search, perhaps 'My Places', my pidgin contacts that are online & my delicious bookmarks. If the plugin development process was simple enough I'd write an analytics plugin so I could at a quick glance see the performance of my sites.
I think for gnome-shell to be *really* useful it needs to let the user optionally customise it to suit their needs. - Jimmy On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Shane.Nuessler < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Natan, > > > > I felt it would be convenient to not have to load a browser to do things I > want to have access to all the time. > > I think that putting stuff online is such a common task for everyone now > that I ask myself why shouldn’t these features be accessible from > widgets/panel applets/the shell? > > One example of something already existing along these lines is updating my > IM status from the Ubuntu panel. > > > > To be honest, I really couldn’t be bothered blogging if it isn’t easy and > accessible in as few clicks as possible… I want the desktop to give me > access to the cloud. > > Am I lazy, or typical? > > > > Mr Shane Nuessler > e-Learning Designer > Teaching and Learning Centre > University of Canberra ACT 2601 > > > > Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 5655 > > Fax: +61 (0)2 6201 5172 > Email: [email protected] > > > > 'Anther day, another dimension of learning' > > > > Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS) > Registered Provider number: #00212K > > > > NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it may > contain confidential or copyright materials and are for the attention of the > addressee only. If you have received this email in error please notify us by > email reply and delete it from your system. The University of Canberra > accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this > email. > > > > Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS) Registered Provider number: > #00212K > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Natan Yellin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, 31 July 2009 4:03 AM > *To:* Shane.Nuessler > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: social networking > > > > Hi Shane, > You already can post to your blog, update your bookmarks, and keep track of > RSS feeds from your desktop using Epiphany or Firefox. :) > (I know that's probably not what you meant, but if something isn't broken > then don't fix it.) > > What type of further integration would you like to see and why would it be > better than just using a browser? > > Natan > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Shane.Nuessler < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > In my current Gnome enviro I would like to be able to post to my blog, > update my delicious.com bookmarks, and keep track of RSS feeds. > > The notion I’m proposing is that the shell becomes the access point to > these external services. > > > > Is there error in my view? > > > > Mr Shane Nuessler > e-Learning Designer > Teaching and Learning Centre > University of Canberra ACT 2601 > > > > Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 5655 > > Fax: +61 (0)2 6201 5172 > Email: [email protected] > > > > 'Anther day, another dimension of learning' > > > > Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS) > Registered Provider number: #00212K > > > > NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it may > contain confidential or copyright materials and are for the attention of the > addressee only. If you have received this email in error please notify us by > email reply and delete it from your system. The University of Canberra > accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this > email. > > > > Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS) Registered Provider number: > #00212K > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
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