Re: maybe a gsoc project?



Am Montag, den 30.03.2009, 20:04 +0200 schrieb b0unc3:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
>         Hej hej,
>         
>         I know I'm picky, anyway: Can you please avoid top postings?
>         Thanks in advance.
> 
> Sorry :( 
> 
>         
>         
>         
>         Am Montag, den 30.03.2009, 19:06 +0200 schrieb b0unc3:
>         > however, the way nautilus do FTP is exactly the contrary
>         that I want
>         > to do, for this reason I talk about simplicity and
>         quickness.
>         > For example the way nautilus uses to do a simple file upload
>         on an FTP
>         > Server is far away (imho) from to be quick and maybe also
>         simple.
>         
>         
>         You've posted two screenshot mockups of your ideas, but they
>         don't
>         explain how and where I set up the FTP address after clicking
>         "FTP
>         Server" or where I define my Flickr account.
>         And what if I have more than one FTP server? "Quick uploads"
>         also
>         doesn't mean much to me as a context menu item. Maybe "Upload
>         file(s) to
>         a server".
>         
> 
> Uhm... I will try to explain what's on my mind a little bit more.
> Take for example an FTP upload.
> The steps I want to reproduce are :
>              1) select the file(s) you want to upload
>              2) select "quick uploads" (or better "Upload file(s) to a
> server...") and choose the service
>              3) insert informations (address, directory where to save
> and eventually the new name of the file on the server) or get it from
> a previous saved bookmark

...and if we get a dialog here like the current FTP dialog in nautilus,
we haven't gained that much. Hence I'd appreciate another mockup. :)

Nautilus also has "File -> Connect to Server". I wonder if adding
bookmark functionality here wouldn't be sufficient.

andre



>              4) click ok, and you are done.
> 
> Well, for managing more ftp servers or more account, I think to add a
> "bookmarks" functionality to the extension so you don't need to
> re-insert static information for each upload.
>              
> 
>         
>         
>         > By now I'm deeply looking at Coundit, and on a first
>         impression it
>         > seems to be oriented in a too different (an more complex)
>         way that I
>         > need.
>         
>         
>         Well, the other way round I can ask "How extensible is your
>         proposal"? :)
>         I just would like to avoid duplicating code that already
>         exists and
>         could be used, e.g. in Conduit...
> 
> At the moment I don't know "how extensible" my proposal can be. I'm
> agree on the code reuse, and of course, if I can take some parts from
> Conduit (or better, use their api) I will do that.
> 
> 
> 
>         
>         
>         andre 
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Andre Klapper
>         <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
>         >         Hej hej Daniele,
>         >
>         >         feel free to move this back to the mailinglist.
>         >
>         >         Am Montag, den 30.03.2009, 18:06 +0200 schrieb
>         b0unc3:
>         >         > at the moment I cannot found out how nautilus do
>         FTP (is
>         >         this an
>         >         > extension ?).
>         >
>         >
>         >         1. nautilus --browser
>         >         2. control+l
>         >         3. Enter ftp://ftp.gnome.org
>         >
>         >         > On the other hand I have looked out at Conduit and
>         it do
>         >         very nice
>         >         > stuff, but I think I little be different from what
>         I want to
>         >         do.
>         >         > Principally because many users don't want to take
>         care of
>         >         sync, and
>         >         > need only to upload random files at random places
>         (this is
>         >         my point of
>         >         > view of course).
>         >
>         >
>         >         ...and the Conduit code is not helpful to use for
>         that?
>         >
>         >
>         >         > I did some pictures on how my idea should become.
>         >         > The [1] is how to make a quick and simple upload
>         way (imho),
>         >         after a
>         >         > simple gui starts [2] and takes care of the rest.
>         >         > I hope I've been more exhaustive , and you have
>         got the
>         >         point.
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         > Ciao,
>         >         > Daniele.
>         >         >
>         >         > [1]
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://picasaweb.google.com/daniele.maio/NautilusExtension#5319012064624824930
>         >         > [2]
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://picasaweb.google.com/daniele.maio/NautilusExtension#5319012073506650114
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Andre Klapper
>         >         <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
>         >         >         Hi,
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 13:26 +0200, b0unc3
>         wrote:
>         >         >         > I have an idea in my mind. I would like
>         to develop
>         >         an
>         >         >         extension for
>         >         >         > nautilus that can allow users to simply
>         and
>         >         quickly upload
>         >         >         file(s) to
>         >         >         > remote service(s). Remote service can be
>         an FTP
>         >         Server or an
>         >         >         SSH
>         >         >         > Server and make also possible to upload
>         to online
>         >         service
>         >         >         like Flickr,
>         >         >         > YouTube , picasaweb and so on.
>         >         >         > I'd like to know from you if it can be
>         considered
>         >         for a GSoC
>         >         >         project.
>         >         >         > Thank you.
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         FTP is already possible in nautilus - what
>         is bad
>         >         about the
>         >         >         current
>         >         >         implementation, or why is it currently not
>         "simple
>         >         and quick"
>         >         >         from your
>         >         >         point of view?
>         >         >
>         >         >         In general: Conduit is a blessed
>         dependency of GNOME
>         >         and
>         >         >         provides a
>         >         >         framework for parts of this (e.g. picasa,
>         flickr
>         >         etc), see
>         >         >         http://live.gnome.org/Conduit for more
>         information.
>         >         >
>         >         >         andre
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