[Bluez-users] bluetooth-applet and gnome-vfs-obexftp

Andrew Jorgensen
2007-08-10T04:10:20Z

Version 0.10 of bluez-gnome added support for "browsing devices" - a
much needed feature by any account. What I'm not thrilled about is
that it was written to support gnome-vfs-obexftp.

Don't get me wrong - gnome-vfs-obexftp is awesome, but
bluetooth-applet is the wrong entry point for it. The applet should
allow you to see what devices are around you and allow you to initiate
a bonding with them but the assumption that you want to browse OBEX is
bad.

Another problem with this approach is that it creates a dependency on
gnome-vfs-obexftp and assumes that it's present. If it's desirable to
have the applet launch other programs it should support more than
obex:// and there should be some generic mechanism for programs to
plug themselves in as handling a given service. It should be possible
some day to get a bluetooth mouse working from the GUI, or a bluetooth
headset, for example.

Of course there needs to be better integration of gnome-vfs-obexftp,
but that integration should be in nautilus where everything else
vfs-related is found. A bluetooth link under computer:/// when an
adapter is present would be sufficient (though I wish we'd treat OBEX
more generically as well - it's got 3 or 4 transports besides
bluetooth).

Other thoughts?

Andrew Jorgensen