Return-Path: Message-ID: <47173238.5070508@free.fr> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:15:20 +0200 From: Fabien Chevalier MIME-Version: 1.0 To: BlueZ development References: <5f84803c0710161138i6123770dk22c1b63d03f45f59@mail.gmail.com> <1192631052.6184.25.camel@violet> <5f84803c0710170748j57f46eebh37a6707b9ec02b86@mail.gmail.com> <1192633908.10179.2.camel@snoogens.fab.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1192633908.10179.2.camel@snoogens.fab.redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] [PATCH] make bluez GNOME UIs singletons Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 10:48 -0400, Chris Rivera wrote: >> On 10/17/07, Marcel Holtmann wrote: >> >> actually the wizard and the properties applications are meant >> to be >> _not_ singletons. They are designed in a way that multiple >> instances can >> exist and work together. >> >> For the applet, only one instance is useful. However for >> testing and >> development purposes it is nice to start two of them. >> >> The applet already has the ability to launch the properties dialog and >> I think it should also have an entry to launch the wizard. This >> makes it very easy to get to a state where you have multiple copies >> open at once. I think it's confusing to users and it doesn't buy you >> anything. Just in case it's not clear, the patch allows for one >> instance per desktop session. > > Both of you are right. Developers should be able to launch another > applet or prefs for testing, but users should only ever see one applet > and prefs dialogue. > > Maybe a command-line flag or envvar to disable the singleton behaviour > in Chris' patch would be acceptable for Marcel? > > Cheers > Bastien, i agree with you. :-) From the user experience perspective, having more than one instance of those windows is just plain wrong( in fact this was a remark one working collegue of mine just had when he discovered the bluez GUI for the first time :-) ) If Marcel wants to keep the old behaviour for testing purpose, i'm not against it, but i really think the singleton behavior should be the default. Cheers, Fabien ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel