Social From the Start (Maverick)
Expand the Gwibber API to provide access to social data without talking directly to couchdb (required for Gwibber 3.0)
APIs to add:
* Photos
* links
* events ???
Convert existing python API and GTK widgets to a C library (libgwibber) and create bindings to that library for python, mono, etc.
Include at least one example using the API, photo browsing from a desktop photo library. Browse photos posted by friends on your social networks, as well as online albums from your friends (like facebook).
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Sebastien Bacher
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Ken VanDine
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Ken VanDine
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for maverick
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Ken VanDine
- Completed by
- Ken VanDine
Whiteboard
Work items for maverick-alpha-2:
Port existing GwibberPublic python API to libgwibber: DONE
Create series libgwibber and make distcheck work: DONE
Generate bindings for libgwibber for python: DONE
Generate bindings for libgwibber to vala: DONE
Add gwibber sharing to software-center, including a link to open the software-center on the package details view: DONE
[segphault] Create generic API for accessing photo albums, facebook, flickr, and possible others in the future (picasa, etc): POSTPONED
[segphault] Add album support to facebook and flickr modules: POSTPONED
[segphault] Make storage providers modular and move local caching out of desktopcouch: DONE
[segphault] Add support for image uploading services: POSTPONED
Work items for maverick-alpha-3:
Port gwibber-accounts twitter widget to use new auth style from twitter: POSTPONED
Create migration path for existing twitter accounts to the new style auth: POSTPONED
SRU gwibber twitter auth change to lucid: POSTPONED
Port existing gwibber gtk widgets from python to libgwibber: DONE
Work items for ubuntu-10.10-beta:
[segphault] Make service modules optional, introspect available modules at startup time so the each module can be packaged separately for greater control: POSTPONED
Work Items:
Create method to get a count of unseen posts, replies and direct messages: POSTPONED
Create method to return list of links: POSTPONED
Create method to return list of images: POSTPONED
Create new gtk widget for image uploading: POSTPONED
Add gwibber sharing to quickly: POSTPONED
Add gwibber sharing of tasks to GTG: POSTPONED
Add gwibber posting of the public url for a file in ubuntuone: POSTPONED
Add gwibber sharing of youtube videos watched in totem: POSTPONED
[sil] Add gwibber sharing of songs from a rhythmbox library, including a link to find the song in the ubuntuone music store (desktop-
Add support to shotwell for browsing photo albums exposed from the gwibber API: POSTPONED
Add support for commenting on photos from gwibber albums in shotwell: POSTPONED
Add support of tagging people in photos from gwibber albums in shotwell: POSTPONED
Add image posting/sharing to gnome-screenshot, embed the imaging uploading widget: POSTPONED
=== Notes ===
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=== Social from the Start, for developers ===
Expand the API to make integration with social networking more compeling accross the desktop
Move APIs and gtk widgets from python to libgwibber and generate bindings for vala, python, mono
* Existing GwibberPublic methods have been ported to libgwibber, still needs polish
* Still need to port the gtk widgets
Enhancements to the API:
* We should have access to a count of unread messages/posts/etc since last time the window was focused. Needed for MessagingMenu
* Retrieving photos
* generic API for viewing online photo albums from services which provide them
* Support commenting, liking, tagging people, etc if the provider supports it
* Retrieving links posted by friends
* Anything we can do with events?
* Posting photos?
* UbuntuOne syncing of keyring and other credentials
* Perhaps integrate with libfolks and U1, etc to relate identity and perhaps tie things together more like empathy to gwibber, etc
* Add a broadcast feature to GTG to send the subject of what you are working on, or what you just got done.
* watch projects in launchpad for pushes, merge proposals, etc.... perhaps use launchpadlib or RSS feed
* quickly share or publish, make that broadcast
* add "share my results" to some games, popup and let you decide to share or not
* totem: add a share this video feature when playing youtube videos
* rhythmbox/banshee: share currently playing song or ratings or even direct message for sending to an individuals (recommendation, etc)
* maybe even post the album art
* perhaps tie into u1music store
* software-center: share recommendations (broadcast or direct message)
* check on apturl or something similar to let you click straight to the right page in software-center
* ubuntuone file share with public url
* screenshot tool, post straight to social sites or u1 and share url
* snapshots from cheese, documents from simple-scan to social sites or u1
* find way to share content, files, etc via multiple mechanisms depending on how you can interact with your friends
* if we know the contact is available on jabber, prompt to select how to send
* gobby: post link to open gobby directly into a specific document
* irc: post links directly to an irc channel
* add sharing feature to the firefox extension for launchpad
Enhancements to the widgets:
* image uploading
Other feature:
* tripit
* linkedin
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