Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-gnome (127 mails)

[James Tremblay <jamesat@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 06:59 -0400, James Tremblay wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 22:13 -0600, Calvin Gaisford wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 18:48 -0300, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> > > Em Sex, 2007-08-17 às 08:45 -0400, JP Rosevear escreveu:
> > > > On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 23:13 -0300, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> > > > > Em Qui, 2007-08-16 às 15:22 -0400, JP Rosevear escreveu:
> > > > > > We need to (quickly) decide on a defaultCD/DVD burning solution for
> > > > > > 10.3.  gnome-baker used to be kind of defacto, but brasero seems to be
> > > > > > the new hotness.  What to people think?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Brasero:
> > > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jproseve/openSUSE_Factory/
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > gnome-baker:
> > > > > > Factory
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Why not just nautilus (for data discs) and Banshee (for audio discs)?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, thats basically what we do now, but we get requests for more
> > > > complex burning options like are provided with k3b.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Well, Brasero and gnome-baker (and k3b as well) should be available to
> > > people that need complex options. I just don't think it should be the
> > > default for everyone.
> > > 
> > > I'm afraid having one of these applications installed might "mislead"
> > > users to try them before the simpler options. Even my mom and dad can
> > > burn discs as it is now, but for example asking them to browse the file
> > > system when writing a music disc would most likely result in failure and
> > > frustration.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Evandro
> > 
> > That's a great point and I agree with you!
> > 
> > -Calvin
> > 
> I think that having one of these integrated to the point of replacing
> all the functions of the nautilus tools as those work now and having the
> opportunity to open the full program gui as and "advanced"(i.e. right
> click on iso and see burn to disk or open in advanced mode) option at
> any point makes more sense and better benefits the growth of Gnome as a
> whole. The KDE doesn't, IIRC, have a "dumbed down" version just tighter
> integration. As a desktop, it's ok for the Gnome to make some "Standard"
> choices like adding a burning software or office suite as long as it
> doesn't exclude the options of replacing those choices.
> 
> We can't for the sake of our parents ignore the needs of our children.
> 
p.s. someone mentioned earlier that they had issues with the nautilus
tools rejecting media while GnomeBaker accepted it and burned perfectly
usable discs, I second that, it just happened to me again and I'm on the
hardened\tested\certified enterprise ready SLED10SP1!.
-- 
James Tremblay
Director of Technology
Newmarket School District
Newmarket,NH
http://en.opensuse.org/Education
"let's make a difference"

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