Re: Desktop-Wide User Status

[Robert Love <rml ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 12:47 -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:


> Best bet there, I'd wager, is to D-BUS-ize xscreensaver and whenever it
> kicks in, send a signal, letting any interested apps know you're not
> around.  Would be useful for a whole ton of other stuff, too.  (Power
> saving, etc.)

Having the xscreensaver D-BUS signal trigger the away mechanism is a
good idea, but I agree with the earlier posts that we need a global
concept of personal presence.

Presence has a lot of neat uses, not just in things like IM/email
integration, but wider client/server and P2P concepts, stuff like SIP,
etc.

Galago is a good place for personal presence.

	Robert Love