In all honesty I am not really sure what attracted me to the browser extension. It just seemed a little bit more interesting than the other ideas that were on the idea page. I guess it was also something that seemed like a simple concept in general, but it has a lot of flexibility and possibility.
-Jason On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Nathan Yergler <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Thanks for your interest in CC's GSoC. Robert (ea4xgr) has started > work on a Firefox version of the extension, but it's not that far > along. I think a Chrome version would be very interesting, as well > (and perhaps easier to get started with extension development), > although I can understand that it might not be as interesting to you > to work on if you personally prefer Firefox. Can you tell me a little > bit more about what sort of project you want to work on (ie, what > attracted you to the browser extension)? That might help me think up > other ideas that would be a good fit. > > With respect to your Wave idea, I guess I'm not clear what the CC > angle is; I've been told there's a bot you can invite to your Wave to > apply a license to it, but frankly my experience with Wave is quite > limited. > > Thanks again for your interest! > > Nathan > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Jason Butz > <[email protected]<jasonbutz%[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Hello. I am a student and I am interested in the whole GSoC thing. I > spoke > > on the IRC channel to ea4xgr and briefly to nkinkade and expressed an > > interest in the Attribution Helper Browser Extension idea. ea4xgr said > that > > he was working on this project and asked me a few questions about my > > interest. One of the things that I don't want to do is to take a project > > from someone who is enjoying working on it, unless they would really like > > another person on the project. ea4xgr asked me if I were interested in > doing > > the extension for Firefox or for Chrome. I personally prefer Firefox, but > > have not worked on an extension for Chrome or Firefox so I would have to > > learn how to do it either way. > > > > If anyone knows of a different project they might suggest please feel > free. > > I am including what sort of things I have experience with. I know C++, > Java, > > PHP, and a little JavaScript. I can also do SQL, but have worked mostly > with > > MySQL. For version control I have used svn. I am also very interested in > > learning new things. I have taken many classes on a variety of topics. I > > actually graduate with a BS in Computer Science very soon, but I have > > checked the rules for GSoC and I still can enter. > > > > An idea that I have had while typing this up is an extension for Google > Wave > > so that waves can be marked as a certain type of content. Does anyone > know > > of something like this that already exists? Would this be something that > > might work for a GSoC project? Please feel free to let me know what you > > think, I am always open to new ideas. > > > > > > -Jason Butz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cc-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > > > > >
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