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[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel.kamstrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 12:00 +0200, Stefano wrote:
> It seems that a lot of lenses are going to use various web APIs, some
> of which require attribution.
> 
> 
> My hypothesis is that people will start to abuse features, such as
> groups, to provide attribution when they must. It should therefore be
> a good idea to provide hooks to solve this problem.
> 
> 
> My initial suggestion is something like this:
> 
> 
>     model.set_attribution_image(url, text)
> 
> 
> A mock-up of how this could look: http://i.imgur.com/uhucj.png
> 
> 
> What do you think?

I think it is an excellent point. There is a very fine line to walk,
though, to not make the interface look too cheap with attribution logos
plastered left and right.

So I am all for adding specific API for this if we can find some way to
integrate it gracefully in the UI. So designers and graphics enthusiasts
- ideas most welcome!

I think it would be very helpful if you could write a simple list of
examples of the different forms of attributions you have encountered.
That would help both the API and graphics considerations.

Cheers,
Mikkel