On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Kevin Krammer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday, 2013-12-12, 10:45:25, Tobias Hunger wrote: >> On 12.12.2013 09:55, Kevin Krammer wrote: >>> Isn't job progress reporting something that is covered by the >>> freedesktop.org status notifier specifications, currently implemented by >>> KDE and Unity IIRC? >> That specification is not real help. >> >> AFAIK Gnome does not implement them in either Gnome 2 and its forks nor >> in Gnome 3. One more area where you can not write a cross-linux-desktop >> application without lots of extra code:-/ > > My understanding of the spec is that using it in a client on a system that > doesn't support it has no negative side effects. And since it is already > implemented by two leading workspace implementations it adds improvements for > users of those. Ok, I would be fine with that. > IMHO having support for the main cross-desktop specification of that area > does > not only benefit those currently using a workspace that already implements > it. > > It also benefits those who's workspaces currently do not support it because > gives a clear way forward should better integration be desired. > I.e. users of QtCreator on GNOME Shell wanting progress integration like > users > of KDE or Unity could just write a GNOME Shell Extension for the host part of > the spec and get integration support for any QtCreator version onward, even > binary packaged ones. > > Cheers, > Kevin > -- > Kevin Krammer | [email protected] | Software Engineer > Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company > Tel. Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090, USA +1-866-777-KDAB(5322) > KDAB - Qt Experts - Platform-independent software solutions > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator -- Eike Ziller, Senior Software Engineer - Digia, Qt Digia Germany GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
