Re: gnome-about-me
- From: Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>
- To: John Williams <john williams lists gmail com>
- Cc: Chipzz <chipzz ULYSSIS Org>, "Ronald S. Bultje" <rbultje ronald bitfreak net>, Gnome Marketing List <marketing-list gnome org>, desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: gnome-about-me
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:08:09 -0700
<quote who="John Williams">
> Previously the home for this functionality has been suggested as "About
> GNOME", but it strikes me that the "About Me" capplet is much more likely
> to be seen by a large proportion of users than the "About GNOME" dialog.
> An argument against putting it in "About Me" is that vendors may modify
> "About Me" but are not likely to modify "About GNOME".
>
> Thoughts?
Your argument against it is one of the major reasons why I think the About
GNOME app is the only appropriate place for this sort of feature. Distros
are far less likely to remove it there, where it's not getting in the user's
way.
- Jeff
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