[haiku-development] Re: I'm interested in developing a project for Haiku

  • From: Truls Becken <truls.becken@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:55:22 +0100

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

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