> Does this implicitly mean that GNOME will use different semantics for
> .desktop files compared to KDE? (I am refering to the stuff Preston put a
> lot of effort in)

I do not think Preston's paper addresses object activation.

And I disagree with having mime-types being defined in .desktop files
as well.  I think they are orthogonal to .desktop files and should be
placed in a different file.

Miguel.