Yeah, I forgot to hit Reply-to-All. This one is sent to them. Well, I think instead of getting rid of it, it should simply be used. The reason it's not being used, I imagine, is because not all programs are Gnome exclusive (and they shouldn't be), and this is a Gnome exclusive feature.
One way to handle this that I can think of right now (and I haven't slept in a while, so forgive me if unfogged minds find this stupid) is to have a sort of unified standard for DEs to provide user information and a standard way for programs to call the information from whatever DE is active and then let it be used however. Building on that, a better way is to have a standard which dictates a format for a file that programs could read and DEs could write to (and read, handy if you have more than one). I wouldn't mind writing the standard, actually, if people felt it would needed. And since Gnome is already storing the About Me information somewhere, a simple script could copy over the relevant details to the new format. -Neil. On 6/12/2007 4:51 AM, Steven Garrity wrote: > Hi Neil, > Thanks for the reply - did you intend to reply to the list as well? > > If the About Me info isn't used anywhere, maybe it shouldn't exist? If > the information is used, it should be clearly explained where/how. > > Cheers, > Steven Garrity > > Neil wrote: >> On 6/7/2007 6:16 AM, Steven Garrity wrote: >>> Pardon the apparently ridiculously obvious question, but what is the >>> rationale behind the data a user enters into the "About Me" applet? >>> In what types of places is this data used? >>> >>> I ask because I can't imagine wanting to enter this type of personal >>> info (job, address, contact, etc.) without knowing how it will be >>> used. Will it be added to my instant messaging profiles? Will it go >>> an an email footer? etc. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Steven Garrity >>> >> >> Neither of those places, so far as I can tell. I think the intention is >> that it would be used in the default fields for certain applications. >> Ideally, the applications would prompt you either at save or first >> run. But as I was writing this response, I tried to think of an >> application >> that I'm aware of which has used that data, and I can't think of any off >> the top of my head. >> >> -Neil. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
