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I have no idea why we do not have a freedesktop spec for this like with Notifications or StatusNotifiers. Honestly thinking about it I am wondering why all this
by zanny 11y ago
I have no idea why we do not have a freedesktop spec for this like with Notifications or StatusNotifiers. Honestly thinking about it I am wondering why all this information is not consolidated to one API standard, since it is all the application presenting information in the outlying shell. It seems like something that would make a lot of sense to make one extensible API standard for telling your desktop environment what you want to show users outside the application window.
- kuschku 11y agoAnd that’s exactly what the KDE guys are aiming for ;)
- zanny 11y agoIs there any working group on it? I'd love to read more on what KDE is doing on the topic, my casual searches just find Dave Edmundson making some fantastic rants on how terrible the field is.
- kuschku 11y agoIt’s currently only a bunch of ideas that the people are discussing, but Martin Graesslin has already shown interest in the idea as being a better solution, here the original post presenting the idea, I haven’t checked up on the topic for a whole year yet, though: https://kver.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/presenting-dwd-a-candidate-for-kde-window-decorations/ https://kver.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/presenting-dwd-a-candi...