Sorry for the confusion, I actually think combining those two is fine -- as you accurately point out, they share certain elements, and their maintenance may benefit from a shared tree.
Thanks for your proposal/application, and to everyone who's expressed interest in CC's GSoC to date. It looks like it's going to be a great year for SoC. Regards, Nathan On 04/08/2010 10:14 PM, Dean Olson wrote: > Well, I submitted a proposal to work on Chrome and Firefox extensions > collectively rather than separately. The reason I did not want to > separate them is because I believe it can be of great benefit to build > them together and to share as much code between them as possible. The > extension frameworks for both browsers use JavaScript, CSS, and XML to > construct their extensions. If we can create a common code base between > the two extensions, I believe that they can be maintained together > rather than duplicating effort down the road. > > If it is decided that the extensions would be better off developed > independently of one another, then I would be happy to work on the > Chrome extension since there seems to be less interest expressed in > developing for that browser. I've looked over the documentation for > building extensions for both browsers and I see many conceptual > similarities between them. And the common language of JavaScript > combined with XML makes it so much easier to design for them both. > > > Dean Olson > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Nathan R. Yergler > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I concur with nearly everything Nathan Kinkade said. > > With respect to the adding from URL, the interesting thing is not adding > the URL of the image/video/etc (as currently supported) but from a page > that contains the resource + metadata. > > With respect to your proposal, I'd rather see proposals that focus on > doing one thing really, really well and completely than on a couple of > different projects. > > Regards, > > Nathan > > > On 04/08/2010 12:56 PM, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Cassio Melo > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I think I will apply for other project, to not be unfair with > other students > >> that are already engaged in this project longer than me :) > >> > >> As for the FF and Chrome extensions... I think adding support to the > >> Wordpress Media Manager is more important to CC, isn't it? Or > maybe both > >> projects in the same application (I think it's viable and it may > increase my > >> points)? > >> > >> I would like to know your opinion about the following part of my > >> application: > >> > >> Wordpress Media Manager Extension > >> =========================== > >> > >> 1. Project planning > >> > >> Delivering it as a plugin is the preferred option. However some > issues have > >> to be considered like for example, how to deal with metadata > imported from > >> an URL or in case of inserting the license code along with the > media in the > >> page. A patch might be needed along with the plugin. > >> > >> 2. Extending Media Manager interface to support CC licensing process > >> > >> This is relatively easy to accomplish using the LicenseChooser.js for > >> integrating license selection into the application. > >> > >> 3. Store license and attribution information in the WordPress > database > >> > >> I will investigate the appropriate handling of licensing > information in the > >> Wordpress database and to insert the license metadata in the > media (it might > >> require a patch for that). > >> > >> Possible additional contributions (time permitting): > >> > >> - Include support for adding media from URL (fetching the license > >> metadata as well); > >> - Create an extension for Joomla as well; > >> > >> Once installed, the license-selection extension will appear as a > >> fieldset right below the file information (title, caption, etc). > It will > >> generate a the license logo and a short summary of the license > chosen right > >> after the selection (using AJAX). > >> > >> ==== > >> > >> Too confusing? I appreciate any feedback! > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Cassio > > > > Cassio, > > > > I'm personally more interested in WordPress integration, but others > > may disagree or have interests elsewhere. > > > > 1) Yes, a plugin is ideal. I can't speak for other people at CC, but > > for me any integration that requires changes to the core WordPress > > code is not particularly interesting. It would hamper and complicate > > uptake by people. Ideally, the plugin would be simple and elegant, > > to such a degree that WordPress devs may even at some point consider > > integrating the functionality into the core code, obsoleting the > > plugin. > > > > 2) I personally would rather a plugin not leverage LicenseChooser.js, > > but support only the "Unported" licenses. This should greatly > > simplify the plugin, making necessary only a single call the CC API to > > find what the latest version of the Unported licenses are. Other > > will/may disagree with me on this, and it is just my personal view on > > it so it shouldn't be taken as me setting any guidelines on the > > project. > > > > I'm not sure how you would implement grabbing metadata while fetching > > an image from a URL. The URL for the image may not be at all related > > to the actual page where the image is displayed, and that page is > > where any metadata would likely be ... unless I'm confusing something. > > > > Again, this is just my personal feedback. I'm not defining the > > project and others, principally Nathan Yergler, may differ from me and > > basically he'll be the one likely setting the project bounds and > > scope. > > > > Best > > > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan R. 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