On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 15:42 +0100, Luke Benstead 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.
I totally agree about the desirability of this feature. Which is why I'm glad that it's being worked on for GNOME 3.0. :) Initial mockups can be found in the GNOME design repository [1]. Feel free to drop by #gnome-design (irc.gnome.org) if you'd like to discuss this with the designers. Best, Allan [1] http://gitorious.org/gnome-design/gnome-design/blobs/master/mockups/control%20center/web-services/web-services.png -- Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
