On Nov 1, 2007 7:16 PM, John Stowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/2/07, Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Stowers wrote: > > > But at the moment this particular 'PDA' requires a different way for > > > it to be connected. As I explained earlier, the other 'PDA's we > > > support are either connected(), disconnected(), or we ask for the user > > > to connect them (log in) while we wait. I am interested in providing a > > > consistant way for users to connect their 'PDA's (log in) and I do > > > this by either using programmatic login (gdata for example), or asking > > > them to log in using our simple browser login. online.gnome.org doesnt > > > seem to support either of these scenarios, requiring a different > > > connection procedure to everyone else. > > > > > > I am really interested in thinking about how to integrate sync into > > > the desktop. > > > > > So I'm planning to spend some time next week taking a look at how we can > > clean up some of the web service authentication in the desktop. Here's > > a wiki page with some initial thoughts: > > http://live.gnome.org/OnlineDesktop/WebAccountSystem > > Cool, sounds good. As I said, the site-specific-browser thing works > quite well. For WebAccountSystem, when the user logs into something, > you might want to consider doing that login with a small ssb - I find > doing so differentiates the process and makes it more obvious to the > user that their action results in a ssb being shown. Launching the > system web browser to log in may result in 1) a new firefox tab 2) new > firefox window 3) new/restore firefox session. > > The ssb thing seems more deterministic. You could make the ssb clearly > "Gnome Online Desktop Login" branded. Once all the other things you > mention are sorted out then you should have no problem propagating the > login info from the ssb out to the system browser and the desktop. > > [snip] > > > > > As Owen said, basically the way we'd thought login to online.gnome.org > > would work is that some part of your desktop (say the personalized > > application launcher) tells you you need to log in, and you click there > > to do so. > > I'm not sure at the moment what conduit would be syncing to/from > > online.gnome.org. > > Pretty much anything we currently sync through an intermediary and > that is not a big binary file; > * Application prefs (we have had our own settings/gconf sync for a while) > * Tomboy notes > * Contacts > * Calendar info > * Small files (/me ducks)
That's all very interesting, but what about a better integration of on-line applications in the desktop environment like regular applications? Have you seen, for instance, prism? http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/ I think this is a very simple idea, and also a good match for a on-line desktop project. Pedro _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list