Re: [Ayatana] Export/Import idea for Windicators

[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David ;)

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:47, David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Frederik Nnaji
<frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 14:26, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> For designing indicators, ask yourself:
>>
>>  - what is the *status* I am conveying, and
>>  - what options are there to manipulate that status?
>>
>> If you don't have both, especially the status, don't use an indicator.
>> Use a menu.
>
> this hammers down heavier than a 30page spec.
> Thanks for the clarification once again, SABDFL ;)
>
>> In this case, what you are describing is really just part of the File
>> menu. So leave it there.
>
> To be precise, Send-to, as David Siegel would probably say, please be
> unforgiving if am i completely wrong David?! ;)
> We mentioned open-with in connection with GNOME Do (ingenious) and FAYT
> already...
>
> I'd like me a FAYT Send-to.. dialog in Nautilus' right-click menu. Copy-to
> and Move-to don't consistenly offer all Places yet, which is also a shame..
> i see only Home and Desktop..
> How about moving a file to another person? Why does it always have to be IP,
> URI, folder or host?

Sounds interesting :)

It would be good to discuss how we could incorporate a "protocol
independent contact list" into Unity, using the same interactions
expressed i the Applications and Files places.

David

if you look at http://vimeo.com/11987397 you will see "People" on the top right as a search filter in Sezen.

AFAIK you are familiar with the outlines of SeiLo's work.. so here's the point:

"People" aka "Contacts" are a real category after which we want data to be organized and presented to us, they deserve to have a "Place", too, as you already suggest, just like Sounds, Videos, Images, Documents, and Ubuntu One. Do you have a spec that describes on how many entries Ubuntu will have under Places in future releases?

as i have been trying to raise, libfolks [1] is underway, it will enable metacontacts in free software. That will be our starting point for the efficient design of a "Contacts" place, i would say.

I'm personally looking forward to the advent of a proper contact management framework for my FLOSS desktop.. 

Thanks a lot for your foresight and sharing your valuable thoughts ;)

[1] http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/Folks