Re: [gnome-about] Title box is a hyperlink

[Hassan Aurag <aurag crm umontreal ca>]

 Ok,

Sorry about the language and tone! But I really think this is not a 
good thing (TM)

I think the best way to go would be to have a generic GtkXhtml or 
whatever it is called in an enhanced GnomeAbout Dialog. This is a 
dialog after all so you could add an html page with links, logos, 
mailtos etc...

And we keep the old About for backward compatibility reasons!


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 1/1/00, 11:31:55 PM, Hassan Aurag <aurag@CRM.UMontreal.CA> wrote 
regarding Re: [gnome-about] Title box is a hyperlink:


>  Hi,

>  Maybe I am dumb, but I think this whole thing is useless!
>  In an app, I am writing, I have a Sites SubMenu with all sites I want
> to give access to! I also use GnomeHRef(to my bugtrack) and add it to
> StatusBar.

>  So everything is just a click away!

>  Hell, you can even have A SMALL HOME ICON on the toolbar that opens a
> link to your Home Site!

>  Why the hell would anyone want to break compatibility for such a
> futile thing is beyond me!

>  Or maybe I really am stupid!


> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

> On 1/1/00, 10:11:36 PM, George <jirka@5z.com> wrote regarding Re:
> [gnome-about] Title box is a hyperlink:


> > On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 06:07:31PM +0100, ERDI Gergo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I remember reading on James Cape's gnomeui page that someone requested
> the
> > > functionality to be able to add a URL to About windows and thus making
> the
> > > home page of an application only a click away from the app itself. My
> > > patch (attached) does exactly this, while of course breaking
> compatibility
> > > (that's what HEAD's for, isn't it? <g>). Please review and allow me to
> > > commit.

> > Changing source compatibility is still sort of bad.

> > Perhaps gnome-about should be changed to use the argument system of
> gtk.
> > Then we can add fields as we please without even breaking binary
> > compatiblity.

> > I think we should start using the argument thingies all over.

> > George


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