On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 16:42, Luke Benstead <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm sort of thread hijacking a little here (apologies for that), but this > is actually close to something I've been meaning to bring up here for a > while. > > On my phone, when I set it up for the first time I was asked if I want to > set up certain accounts (e.g. flickr, Facebook, Twitter etc.) and by doing > so I unlocked features (e.g. downloading contact pictures, uploading > pictures to flickr etc.). > > What with Ubuntu becoming "social" I'm wondering if we should be doing > something similar, a sort of online account manager which manages the > accounts across the desktop. > > Here's my thinking, imagine the first time you login to Ubuntu you are > provided with an account setup wizard that allows you to register accounts > for different purposes. For example: > > * Imgur, Flickr, ImageShack, Picasa TwitPic, FB* (image hosting services) > * Twitter, Facebook*, Identica, Google Buzz (social networking) > * Ubuntu One, Dropbox (file hosting services) > * Google Talk, MSN, Jabber (IM services) > * Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo (email services) > > Adding each of these would add them to the appropriate application (e.g > Gwibber, Evolution, Empathy) but would also unlock features (e.g. Right > clicking and image in Nautilus might have a "Share on Flickr" option). > > I think some kind of global account system, with an API would allow us to > code some really cool stuff into the desktop. So, as a concrete example, > Shotwell might be able to query for a list of available image hosting > services that the user has accounts for, and provide an "Upload to..." > option. > > I'm also thinking that the account manager itself could use a extension > system for the accounts, so installing packages like account-manager-flickr > would add it to the account manager... or something like that. > > Anyway, sorry to take this slightly OT, just thought I'd throw this out > there, > > Luke. thank you!!!
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