KIO->GnomeVFS bridge started (looking for a Common-VFS)

[nf]

Hi!

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 08:13, Brad Hards wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:27 am, nf wrote:
> > My point is that there are certain areas where common infrastructure is
> > necessary to make the free desktop "just work". The VFS is perhaps the
> > most important candidate - but also the hardest part. Other problems can
> > be - and already have been solved - with common fd.o standards.
> I'm not sure that this is really the case. What advantage do you perceive that 
> users (Gnome, KDE or some other desktop) will get from this work?

http://www.scheinwelt.at/~norbertf/common-vfs/COMMON-VFS-BENEFITS.html

> Alternatively, what advantage do you think that any developers will get?

More users and happier users, because the applications the developers have created
run on all desktop environments properly. And - because of that - more
overall success of their favorite desktop and of the free desktop in
general. :-)

Norbert