I think showing the default app is the ideal. We could always have it show in a standard place. There would need to be some design on this one but it should be possible.
On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 15:53 +0000, Neil Jagdish Patel wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 23:26 +0800, Sam Spilsbury wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I was having a quick conversation with a few people about the new > > launcher DnD behaviour (highlighting applications which can handle the > > MIME type from the .desktop file). I thought it would be cool to > > extend this behavior slightly further so that the launcher will import > > the default application that handles that file type into your launcher > > if there isn't an application in the launcher that handles that file > > type. > > > > This is useful if, for example, you want to open an image or video > > file through drag and drop, but don't need to have Eye of GNOME or > > Totem cluttering up your launcher all the time (since they are > > primarily "view only" applications). > > > > What does design and Project Ayatana think? > > Personally, I think that would be a very, very useful feature. I guess > you could argue about where it would stop, but I think even showing the > default app that can handle that filetype at the and of the launcher > application icons (i.e. where it would open), would be pretty awesome. > > -- Jason Smith | Desktop Experience Team GNOME Developer Canonical USA Inc. T. +1.248.756.6266 | jason.sm...@canonical.com Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp