On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:27:32PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > It is broken. The whole point of an integrated environment is that it's > integrated. When I choose a theme, it's used by every application. > When I pick an application to handle a certain file type, it's handled > by all of them. I can drag and drop files. I could go on here. > > But even more importantly than all of this, certain environments like > GNOME put very high priority on qualities such as accessibility. In > particular, GNOME strives to be usable by low-vision and blind users. > So following the theme (including an increased font size) isn't just > cosmetic, it's absolutely critical for their ability to use the > application. Also, because GNOME has an accessibility technology, a > growing number of GNOME applications are usable even by people with no > vision at all. > > If they're using say Evolution, and click on a link in an email, but the > web page pops up in say Konqueror because that had the highest > x-www-browser priority, it's totally useless.
Then I have a question: If a user use both KDE and GNOME stuff in a, say, KDE environment, should x-www-browser always launch konqueror or have GNOME programs launch the GNOME browser ? Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
