Hi,

> > Agreed that we need to include input method in the
> OpenSolaris LiveCD, as, until the philosophy changes,
> this is intended as a multi-lingual OS (kudos from
> me).
> >
> > However, do we really need something that has the
> potential to screw up the entire user experience?
> When OpenSolaris was in a rough and tumble shape, no
> one cares.  But now this OS has been so vastly
>  fine-tuned, IIIM becomes unacceptable.
> 
> > IIIM has the "propensity" of trying to make
> everyone aware of its presence, both during  booting
> up (or GNOME) and thereafter.  However, when you have
> to use it, this sh*t begins to malfunction a lot.
>  (Reminds me of George Costanza).
> 
> > In comparison, I never notice that SCIM has been
> loaded into the system.  And when I activate it,  I
> haven't had to worry whether it will stay on long
> enough to finish the job.
> >   

I am cc'ing to I18n/L10n community. 
I think we should look at how the input method configuration can become more 
flexible.
- should come up when users use it, but does not come up when users never use it
- when users use it, it should be configurable which one
Considering what the majority of users are in a given locale, we would set the 
default configuration per the language.
In addition, changing the configuration should be easy.
Does this look like a good goal? 
One thing to note is that have limitation of the LiveCD size, and it is always 
challenging to have all options available and configurable to all users on 
LiveCD. 


> It doesn't integrate or activate like typical GNOME
> panel applets, and
> shows itself in a bordered window upon launch, which
> is unacceptable. 
> Whatever strange voodoo it's doing when it moves
> itself into the panel
> is probably what's making it so slow.

I don't know how significant it is to the performance whether it comes up with 
its own window border, but this particular bug was already fixed in RC2.

Regards,
-shinobu
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