gDesklets - GNOME Desktop Applets (GnomeDesktop) [LWN.net]

GnomeDekstop.org looks at gDesklets. "gDesklets provides an advanced architecture for desktop applets - tiny displays sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. Populate your desktop with status meters, icon bars, weather sensors, news tickers... whatever you can imagine!"

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Apparently I'm unclear on the concept

Posted Aug 14, 2003 9:13 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (guest, #1698) [Link] (1 responses)

So the idea is that rather than having all your applets in one convenient place on the panel, they can be scattered all over?

How is a "tiny display sitting on your desktop" different than a window? I was writing X applications that displayed status in small windows on my desktop back in 1988. This is progress?

You and me both

Posted Aug 14, 2003 21:58 UTC (Thu) by Peter (guest, #1127) [Link]

How is a "tiny display sitting on your desktop" different than a window? I was writing X applications that displayed status in small windows on my desktop back in 1988.

Well, I guess in this case the "advanced architecture" must consist of using SHAPE and telling the window manager not to bother with decorations.

(You know, just like oclock in 1988.)