Hi all a bit of a conversation starter, I just visited https://ifttt.com/ [1]and it seems like a concept that has exsisted in linux distros for some time in. Or so I think: cronjobs or autokey [2]. I have used autokey in the past and found it a bit difficult since I had to learn a bit before using it again (once in every blue moon).
My question is would it be useful to have this at an OS level? Something more basic and restricted than Cron but easier to use for us "drag and drop" types. For example, a combination of cron, unity and dash. Could one of the following be features. When a photographer puts in his SD card with raw format pictures GIMP imports them and adds them a water mark of his design. with some added default adjustments and then sends it to backup. while the photographer goes to for a cuppa. Recieve an SMS or a particular alert when one person emails you or uses a particular subject. Tweet when you turn on your PC so your employeer knows you are online. (You are a freelance). OK this one is really horrible. And so on. There are many tools that can each do the tasks independantly really well. But not one tool to rule them. [1] Found via the times this Saturday "top 50 web pages" [2] https://code.google.com/p/autokey/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
