On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Ralph Hofmann <hofmann2...@arcor.de> wrote:

>  Am 31.08.2011 20:03, schrieb Sriram Ramkrishna:
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> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:46 AM, Ralph Hofmann <hofmann2...@arcor.de>wrote:
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>> I like the idea of javascript based plugins like in Firefox. I think that
>> could become the killer feature of Gnome3. Of course Gnome3 is far from
>> ready now. But is has a lot of potential. Potential discoverable by the
>> user.
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> The killer feature is GObject and GObject introspection.  We've had that
> for a number of years, but it is now front and center.
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> sri
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> Why GObject and GObject introspection?
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> I look at it from a user's, you from a developer's perspective.
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Well, plugin development is a developer feature that translates to cool
plugins for users.  But GObject provides the mechanism for that plugin
development.  If you have a library written in GObject it will be accessible
from the extensions system.

sri
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