On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Ryan Oram <ryano...@trentu.ca> 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 > > I was just wondering if it would be possible to integrate the > functionality presented in the extensions and Greasemonkey script > above into the standard Firefox, Chromium, and Empathy packages for > Ubuntu. I suppose this also could be made a separate package for each > browser, like the ubufox extension for Firefox. > I'm looking into making a website for the "Ubuntu AppUpdate" service > and it would be nice to have my users just be able to click on the > "apt-get" instructions to install the packages. I realize apturl > should already be supported out of the box, but plain apturls often > confuse users. In addition, this would make things a lot easier for new users asking questions on the various forums and communities where > apturls are not supported. > > Needless to say, having this behavior set-up out of the box would be > very "Apple-esque" and would be a boon to new users. > > Thanks, > Ryan > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > Ryan, we are using apturl for GetDeb, we don't get any complains about apturls causing confusion, not in what refers to the links per si. Current apturl issues are: - Not properly integrated out of the box with all browsers, I am not sure about the current status, but the last time I have checked it was not integrated with firefox as installed on Kbuntu and several other browsers available from the repositories - Users don't have the related repositories properly configured before clicking the links - Users don't understand what is a repository and find strange that they don't get a regular file download instead - A cache refresh must be forced if you want to be sure the users will get the latest version (you need refresh=yes on apturls), there is currently no way to force the refresh only for the repository providing the package, this introduces a significant overhead - It's not possible to queue installs by clicking on multiple clicks 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 Leader http://www.getdeb.net http://blog.getdeb.net
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