On 25/10/05, Paul Kuliniewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:13:30PM +1100, James Livingston wrote: > > > > In regards to the issue of whether we should have a permanent tray icon, > > the HIG[0] explicitly says that non-core application must not default to > > having a permanent tray icon. One option is to add a "show tray icon" > > preference, and have it default to off. Another option would be to work > > with the developer(s) of the Rhythmbox applet, and promote it to an > > official part of Rhythmbox (removing the tray icon in the process). > > As the developer(s) of Rhythmbox Applet, I've been considering the > opposite approach: split Rhythmbox into two separate programs: a backend > server and a GUI. > > The backend server would handle managing the music library, playlists, > and music playback. It wouldn't have a user-visible interface, but > would communicate with other applications over D-Bus.
a side note: that's similar to how bmpx, a new iteration of beep media player, is being designed. _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
