Hello, Right now Ubuntu and esp Unity depends on zeitgeist for searches, recommendations etc.
Right now only those events are logged by zeitgeist-datahub. It cannot log each and every user event. To increase the logging, there exists datasources which are plugins/addins for applications. For default applications datasources exists for tomboy, gedit, banshee, totem, firefox, empathy (telepathy) and eog. These datasources should also be shipped with Ubuntu. Datasources for thunderbird is in development. Datasources for transmission and shotwell don't exist. It needs to be done. My proposal does not start and end with datasources. We should also include activity-log-manager in the default install. This application is a privacy and history manager. You can blacklist applications, set zeitgeist in incognito mode, erase history etc. If possible, Internet lens can be included by default provided firefox and thunderbird datasources are installed by default. This will help users search for their browsing history and mails too. I will put up an even more detailed plan on the wiki provided this proposal is accepted. In case you don't know who am I. I work mostly on datasources for zeitgeist. Any more clarifications are invited -- Manish -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop