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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 16:42, Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx> 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.


thank you!!!