Users can use shadow system to pipe existed services, then new services can be created easily. For example, you can Pipe one downloading service to one movie-transform service, then you can download all movies for your mp4 directly.
Shadow depends on user's personal space in internet, all services can work on your personal space and your messages box, Thus you can start one service even you are offline. If your are interested to it, please reply this mail, currently, one Chinese version introduct is available. English version will be available If more people want it. =================== detail description ================= Shadow system is a service-management assistant, the center of shadow system is shadow server, users can access shadow system via browser or customized client, Shadow on Android(Shadroid) is such a client. Here are the features supported by Shadow system, it seems many features have been supported by existed services, such as IM, FTP, RSS reader, yes, Shadow system can be implemented based on these services, however, Shadow system provide another feature - Rules, see following for detail. [space] virtual disk, allowing users to store files(music, video, picture, etc..) [text mailbox] contains messages from other users [publish boxes] you have one publish box once you subscribe to one publication each box contains released messages files attached in released messages are stored in space, with a special folder [task list] user can send request to use one service, the services may response slowly. each service request is a task, whose status may be Done, Working, Fail, Queued. [Rule list] user can define some rules here, for example, forward messages; start another service when one service request is done; translate one released message when it arrive; send postcard in a scheduled future time; In service side, user even can create their own services by piping up other services. B.R. He Yunlong --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
