Ankur Sethi wrote: > 4. Fits in well with the Haiku philosophy of using the filesystem as a > database. > > Example: The People app stores your contacts as files, and (IIRC) the > IM app in the IM Kit reads all your people files and automatically > adds your contacts to your IM buddy list. The way IM Kit works is even better than what you describe here (or how I read it). It doesn't add your contacts to a buddy list - the people files *are* your buddy list. They are extended with an IM Status attribute, and the icons change color with the status. -Truls