On Freitag 12 Februar 2010, pk wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > so how do you propose that a network connection manager tells a broweser > > or mail app that they are offline? > > I don't have a network connection manager and I don't need that function > in a browser, mail client or any other app. > > > And don't start with sockets. That will result in a nightmare. dbus is a > > clean > > I've been using computers way before D-Bus came into action and I never > suffered from nightmares... ;-)
no, but you also head much less functionality. > > To me D-Bus is a bit like this: > Programmer1: (waves hands in the air) Oh, oh I know, let's invent a new > protocol that lets applications talk to each other. Way cool! > Programmer2: Oh yeah, it will simplify the situation so much. Let's do it! > Pragmatic guy: So, what are these apps going to talk about? > Programmer1 & 2 (in unison): Shut up! Don't spoil our fun by asking such > stupid questions! > and that is stupid. You obviously don't know what you are talking about. If you start konqueror - for example, it is dbus telling konqueror to start as browser - or file manager. And to load the right kpart. Oh - and that loading of kparts? The messages are sent by dbus.