Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions

Posted May 10, 2011 18:55 UTC (Tue) by sramkrishna (subscriber, #72628)
Parent article: Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions

Please note this line from the article:
"The extensions hook into the very core of the GNOME shell."

Not just GNOME Shell but possibly other pieces of the eco system. You can do some powerful things. It of course also will introduce instability.. if you install an extension all bets are off on stability. So be careful.

Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions

Posted May 12, 2011 13:44 UTC (Thu) by liljencrantz (guest, #28458) [Link] (1 responses)

So you're saying that extensions and the extension API are currently more of a alpha preview than an actually working feature? Shame, but hopefully things will stabilize in a year or two, and we might actually draw some benefit from the JavaScript rewrite.

Some interesting GNOME Shell extensions

Posted May 12, 2011 20:51 UTC (Thu) by sramkrishna (subscriber, #72628) [Link]

No, I'm saying that extensions are powerful and what people write can lead to instability. Just like one would have with writing any piece of code. Same thing as extensions in a browser. Some browser extensions may not have had the peer review and testing to make a browser stable.

A good extension would go through the kind of diligence that we would have with any other module in GNOME. Without it, "caveat emptor"