Le 30/03/2011 16:56, Jérôme Duval a écrit :
But on the other hand, having it done as a FS allow access for other applications as well, which is what we actually want here :) (sharing contacts between a jabber account and a mail account, for example).2011/3/30 Stephan Aßmus<superstippi@xxxxxx>:I'm thinking Tracker and Deskbar provide not only the access to files and show which apps are running, they are the desktop and the main interaction point with the system level features. I have no problem extending the meaning of an icon in Tracker to represent an object of information, independend of its storage location being local or remote. I can even imagine icons to have more meanings. There are already icons with more virtual, detached from the FS meaning, like the Trash icon or the Disk icon. I can also imagine attached devices to be displayed as icons on the desktop, like a scanner or a printer. IMHO an icon certainly does not have to always represent a local file.What this really means is you want Tracker to show other things than files. It doesn't technically require a FS, but would show the need for a new way of integration with Tracker.
speaking of this, if each protocol is implemented as a FS, how would sharing contacts work ? This is a feature of the current IM Kit : the same person file can be used as a mail contact or an IM contact (possibly also something else). I don't see how that would work if each protocol is a separate FS, I suppose with a different mountpoint ? Or would we add an overlay to merge them on top of that ? Now isn't that useless obfuscation ? :)
-- Adrien.