Hi Moraes, Good you remind us, and a promising concept this... it is probably well possible to make this work inside a browser and somehow hook it up via python with Blender itself. Makes it more feasible to implement too.
Next steps could also be to add import/exporters, themes, default startup blends, material repositories, node groups... or then even docs, tutorials, video tuts? And then the obvious question pops up "But would it allow commercial offers too?". I am well aware of the success of Mac's appstore, Android Market and Ubuntu Centre. It's something we could carefully look into and investigate. Blender Foundation/Instutute is doing good bizz still selling dvds and books, but that won't last forever. Selling (licensed) digital data is not something BF itself should do though, we have a mission to keep things free and open. However; there must be ways to cooperate with a 'closed' world, especially if the boundary is clear, and when the spirit of our project is not in danger (Blender as a full functional open and free environment for 3d creation). -Ton- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 9 Jan, 2012, at 14:22, Mango Jambo wrote: > Hi all, > > At Blender Pro, the Blender conference Brazil, I was talking to Ton, Dalai, > Pablo Vasquez and other artists about a great idea for Blender: the Blender > Addon/App Central. > > *The problem today:* > - It is hard to find an add-on if you never did before; > - Even if you did it, you need to find it again: Blender.org > Download > > wiki Python Scripts (add-ons?) > Script Catalog; > - Some of them gives an outside link to download, like blenderartist, > dropbox, etc.; > - To install you need to Download and then install by Blender Add-on > install button or copy straight to the add-on folder (and find this > folder). Some Add-ons has folders and other files, so the install button > doesn't work for it; > - We never know if there is a new add-on version (Contrib and External); > - We don't know which add-ons are most downloaded or even users feedback > about it. Well, there is some Blenderartists threads, but nothing more > "official" about it; > - Every time we need to install Blender in another computer, we need to > copy/download add-ons again. Some people makes use of Dropbox for it, or > copy the Blender user Preferences Folder, but it is not a casual task > (mainly for artists, thrust me! ;] ); > > *Proposal* > To transform the current Script Catalog into a friendly and intuitive > Add-on/App Manager inside Blender, showing votes, comments, updates, > favorites, etc. and, optionally, being able to log-in and automatically > install "my add-ons" in another computer/Blender installation. > An image is better than a thousand words: > http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=24117 (initial layout proposal from > the designer and my friend Allan Carvalho) > Probably being inside Blender it should be more Blender colors and layout > like. > > *Goals* > - To make add-ons looks more friendly, like apps. This could attract more > users and more developers; > - Being able to log-in for easier management and consistence on any user > machine(laptop, home and work pc), like in Google Chrome. This could work > for preferences too; > - To have vote and comments, increasing user participation, feedback and > sharing; > - To manage channes (repositories), like on Ubuntu: Official and Partner > channels (to exempt Blender Foundation Servers from some "Contrib Scripts", > how already is today); > > > *References* > - https://chrome.google.com/webstore > - Unity Store; > - Android Market. > > > The big problem is: I canĀ“t code! So I need help, ideas, suggestions from > you developers. > There is more ideas that I want to discuss about it, so lets keep it warm > if you like it! :) > > Cheers > > Moraes Junior - aka mangojambo > Animator & 3D Artist > +55 43 88133399 <http://www.oniria.com.br> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers