Alessandro, Fred, did you do some research on how people use newsreaders & podcasting apps, also contrasting the two?
Also please check out the current go-to apps for both: Google Reader, NewsBlur, Flipboard, Instacast, … On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm not sure. > > They are technically similar because they are both based on RSS but the > workflow and the use-cases are completely different. At least for me. > So I wouldn´t mind two independent specialized applications. > > Frank > > > > On 25.06.2012, at 23:14, Jan-Christoph Borchardt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Podcast app and newsreader should ideally be the same app, since >> podcasts are audio-blogs. Oftentimes people don’t bother to listen to >> the podcast if there are shownotes. >> >> But of course, if it’s a podcast, there should be stuff like embedded >> media player etc. The read it later / listen to it later function is >> the same for text as it is for audio. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Alessandro Cosentino >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Dear Fred, >>> >>> thanks for the interest in ownCloud. >>> >>> Yes, a podcatcher app for ownCloud is one of the future ideas. It's >>> already mentioned here: http://owncloud.org/dev/junior-jobs/ >>> And I also mentioned it in my proposal, see >>> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/cosenal/1 >>> >>> Right now I am thinking of just marking with an attachment-like icon >>> posts that contains an audio/video enclosure, such as podcasts. >>> It's hard to say yet in which part of the two apps (feed reader and >>> podcatcher) intersect, I would guess that definitely in the parsing >>> part. Moreover, I am not sure that the podcatcher should be a separate >>> app from the Music app. >>> >>> Anyway, I am cc'ing this answer and your email to the owncloud ml, so >>> that we avoid having people working independently on the same things. >>> >>> Best, >>> Alessandro >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Fred Lutzer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Alessandro, >>>> >>>> I understand that you are working on an ownCloud RSS app. I'm really >>>> looking forward to using it. >>>> But there is another thing I'd really like to see in ownCloud and that >>>> is a podcatcher. I'm not too good a programmer but since it seems that >>>> nobody is working on it, I'm willing to start. Since feedreader and >>>> podcatcher are somehow related, I just wanted to ask for which parts >>>> we could team up to avoid doing the same work twice and which parts of >>>> your already done work I could perhaps recycle for a podcatcher app. >>>> >>>> As I mentioned, I haven't done programming for quite a while now and I >>>> don't know anything about the internal structure of ownCloud so far. >>>> I'm happy about all the help I can get. Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>> Bye, >>>> >>>> kltrg >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Owncloud mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >> _______________________________________________ >> Owncloud mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
