why is docky part of gnome-do?

[zharradan]

they're both good pieces of software, but they just aren't related ;_;
they benefit from common functions for dynamic process and file discovery, but that's what libraries and system caches like Tracker are for. in terms of user interface, being integrated into each other hurts both (mostly Docky, which is the better of the two).

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Why

[anonymous]

Among many many many other reasons which I will be more than happy to go into at length if you want, GNOME Do provides an entire plugin/item/rendering backend for docky, letting me focus on developing the user interface of docky alone. Without using GNOME Do as a backend, Docky would be a year behind where it is now.

Re: Why

[zharradan]

Fair enough!

Basically, as someone whose two main operating systems are Mac OS X and Linux, the 'dock' functionality is the main thing I want, so I'm glad so much effort is put into it. I like the actual Do part too - I used to use LaunchBar, the first application in that 'genre' - but it isn't something as fundamental or commonly used (by me).

If having them integrated aids development, though, it's worth it.