Allan, The mockup seems to imply that one may only have one account of a particular type, eg. only one Google account, or one AOL account. Is this limitation going to be present in the implementation, or have I misinterpreted the mockup?
Thanks, Sohail Mirza On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote: > 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<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana<https://launchpad.net/%7Eayatana> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- sfm
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