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Message #65537
[Bug 1436927] Re: Scopes -> (web)App communication really clunky
This is on our request list from our Product Management team already so
there is a plan to work on this.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1436927
Title:
Scopes -> (web)App communication really clunky
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
This is a bug for scopes in general. Please move it if this is not the
correct package.
There is a lot of potential in the scopes concept, but I think the
current implementation leaves much to be desired.
Take the music app/scope as an example. If you want to play a local
song you have two options: Either play it in the scope, or open the
real music app and play it there. I think there should not be a
distinction between these to. Playing a song in the music scope should
have the same behaviour as the rhytmbox intigration in Unity7.
Clicking play opens the music app in the background and starts playing
the song. Music controls are still available in the scope itself.
There is a lot of potential here. If you embrace this concept a bit
more, the music scope can become your "everythingplayer". Playing
local music and soundcloud music as if they were all in the same app..
The scope is only the aggregate of data, the actual playback is
handled by the underlying (web)apps.
There is currently a clear distinction between what information and
actions are app-related and which are not. I thing the scope concept
really suffers from this. Scope should be aggregates of data and
functions, not a portal to different apps.
The music scope is not the only one suffering from this...
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