On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 16:18 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 21:49 -0700, Kirk Bridger wrote: > > I think the Instant Messaging info could be used by IM clients to > > automatically setup accounts when installed. I always hate having to > > setup an account more than once, simply because one application > > doesn't know anything about me. > > > > I wonder what other use cases there are - I'd spend some time chewing > > that over before dismissing it - though it may end up having nothing > > but "whiz-bang" apepal. > > It could also be used to populate the GDM face browser, if it isn't > already. (Trying to think where else it's used on OS X, but it's > implemented a bit differently there-- you can choose a photo for > everyone in your address book and just mark one of them as 'me', which > opens up a few more options.)
In MacOS X, some bits are in the address book, some others are in the users capplet, where one can change their own password, as well. -- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
