Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-28 Thread John Vivirito
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/12/2010 06:08 AM, Ryan Oram wrote: > Greasemonkey script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47591 > Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11731/ > Chromium extension: > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/olj

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-16 Thread Ryan Oram
Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:23:40 +0100: > The solution I described already solves that problem. It doesn't apply to the many existing tutorials and guides though. I agree that the Ubuntu community needs to be educated on AptURL and a service like you're proposing would be a g

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joao Pinto wrote on 15/07/10 12:43: > > Hello, > per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#apturl there will be no way > to automatically launch an install operation without going through the > software information screen, is my interpretation correct

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Oram wrote on 16/07/10 01:37: > > Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:59:28 +0100: >> >> A Greasemonkey script would work only for people already using Ubuntu >> (and using a browser that allows Greasemonkey scripts). It wouldn't >> d

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Micah Gersten
On 07/15/2010 07:49 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: > Micah Gersten wrote on Fri Jul 16 01:41:52 BST 2010: >> I don't think we should install something like this by default. If the >> license is open source, why not package it? If people want it, they can >> install it. > > I don't see any reason why it sh

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Ryan Oram
Micah Gersten wrote on Fri Jul 16 01:41:52 BST 2010: > I don't think we should install something like this by default. If the > license is open source, why not package it? If people want it, they can > install it. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be made default and integrated into existi

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Micah Gersten
On 07/15/2010 07:37 PM, Ryan Oram wrote: > Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:59:28 +0100: >> A Greasemonkey script would work only for people already using Ubuntu >> (and using a browser that allows Greasemonkey scripts). It wouldn't do >> anything to make an apt: URL understandable

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Ryan Oram
Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:59:28 +0100: > A Greasemonkey script would work only for people already using Ubuntu > (and using a browser that allows Greasemonkey scripts). It wouldn't do > anything to make an apt: URL understandable for people who aren't using > Ubuntu. Nor woul

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Joao Pinto
Hello, per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#apturl there will be no way to automatically launch an install operation without going through the software information screen, is my interpretation correct ? Thanks On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP S

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-15 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Oram wrote on 12/07/10 19:28: >... > AptURL needs exposure and needs to become familiar to users. That > would be the goal of integration the Apt-Linker Greasemonkey script. > Instead of AptURLs being isolated to certain repository websites and >

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-12 Thread Ryan Oram
On Mon Jul 12 18:23:57 BST 2010, Joao Pinto : > The greasemonkey script does not really help in any of those problems, > apturl is a nice solution, it needs better integration and other > improvements. I believe it is the proper tool to invest at. > > -- > João Luís Marques Pinto > GetDeb Team Lead

Re: Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-12 Thread Joao Pinto
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Ryan Oram wrote: > Greasemonkey script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47591 > Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11731/ > Chromium extension: > > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oljmaangfgmmokjpnojhfblppgeijikp > >

Integrate "Apt-linker" into all Ubuntu Browsers

2010-07-12 Thread Ryan Oram
Greasemonkey script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47591 Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11731/ Chromium extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oljmaangfgmmokjpnojhfblppgeijikp I was just wondering if it would be possible to integrate the fun