Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
...
note that such a customization effort would almost certainly move ahead
quickest if driven by ISVs with custom data formats as we in the open source
desktop world don't have a lot of motivation here. in other words, this wold
be a great open source project for ISVs to found and implement IMHO. trying
to rely on the open source desktop projects to cater to every ISV software
need without some sort of support from them is a little unrealistic, i fear.
Right, but at the same time I think standardizing things so that the
individual file format suppliers/supporters can provide their own
"plug-ins" (or whatever form the interface takes) that are used by
the desktop folks.
I.e., provide an API so that any developer (commercial or otherwise)
can easily add the preview/thumbnail support for their particular
file format.
In the case of the FD.o thumbnail standard, it seems to cover the
necessary bits *except* for a common, desktop-neutral API to create,
query, and update the thumbnails as needed. IMHO, providing a
standardized C API which implements the accepted FD.o "standards"
will go a long way towards better ISV/desktop support with less
code duplication.
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