[haiku-development] Re: New project: Address book and calendar app
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:52:12 -0700
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 08:14 +0200, Stephan Assmus wrote:
> Jorge G. Mare wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 23:35 +0200, François Revol wrote:
> > > > > You might want to try using files for events as well, and use
> > > > > indexed
> > > > > attributes, but it might not scale very well...
> > > >
> > > > Using files with attributes would be nice, but is there a standard set
> > > > of attributes for event files that all apps can comply with (and thus
> > > > avoid different apps using different attributes for the same purpose)?
> > >
> > > There are some existing apps, but I don't think they are widely used.
> >
> > I am curious: would it be beyond the scope of this kind of project to
> > propose a standard set of BFS attributes for event files?
>
> A meeting like you discussed later is nice. However, a lot of systems came
> to BeOS and the good ones set the standards which others followed. (Even
> the Translation Kit is such an assimilated system).
That would most likely lead to different apps using a different set of
attributes, creating unnecessary duplication which can become quite
messy in the end. Can't remember the specifics, but I recall seeing this
sort of thing back in the Zeta days, and it was not pretty from a user
POV.
IOW, I am of the opinion that consistency would be very beneficial for
the end user, which is what should matter after all. :)
Cheers,
Koki
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