On Jul 19, 9:00 pm, caldercay <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 19, 12:44 pm, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > * caldercay <[email protected]> [07-19-10 13:07]: > > > Basically, you'll lose "desktop integration"; for example, > > > if you do an "export", WINE's file manager will pop up after > > > the export, pointing to the exported subdirectory, versus > > > a native desktop file manager, such as Dolphin (KDE) or > > > Nautilus (GNOME). > > > In openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 the "Kickoff Application Launcher" puts the > > picasa eexecutable in wine (one line): > > env WINEPREFIX="/home/pat/.wine" wine "C:\Program > > Files\Google\Picasa3\Picasa3.exe" > > > I add an alias (one line) > > alias picasa3='wine "/home/pat/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program > > Files/Google/Picasa3/Picasa3.exe"' > > I have a Picasa menu entry in "Applications:WINE:Programs:Picasa3", > which was automatically created during the Picasa install. Most users > will get that if they install a "Picasa not customized by Google" > version of Picasa (versus: Applications:Graphics:Photography:Picasa3). > > What I'm referring to, as far as "desktop integration" is as > I referred to by example. Let's say Picasa is running and you > select a couple of photos and then select "Export" - a dialog box > is displayed offering the chance to alter some settings for the > Export. Click the Export button and the the new image file is written > to the "export directory" [specified] and then a file manager is > launched, with the contents of the "export directory" displayed. > > For the "Picasa customized by Google" version of Picasa, a native > file manager is launched, such as Dolphin or Nautilus. > > For the "Picasa not customized by Google" version of Picasa, the > "WINE File Manager" is launched.
Didn't Google decide to give up Windows systems recently? If they are giving their employees the choice of Mac or Linux, shouldn't they at least write Picasa in native Linux? Or, maybe they could open source Picasa. It's not like they are charging anything for it. It might also increase the draw to the FOSS community. Users would still need to pay for Picasaweb storage over 1GB. The Windows Live Photo program (I'm drawing a blank on the exact name just now) certainly has some very nice features, like tags and face recognition that transfer with the photo, rather than just being in a central database. It might make going to a new system easier, as Picasa could easily recover the facial recognition information, rather than having to go through all of it again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
