Nice Idea. I'd love to have something like Android Intents on Ubuntu. It would work well with Unity previews.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Thibaut Brandscheid <randal...@web.de>wrote: > Hi > > Looking at a picture of the new Unity preview function the following idea > pooped into my mind (extends a previous brainstorm > idea<http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24505/>of mine). > > *Idea:* > It would be cool to have little programs called "Unity Modules". These > modules would be like CLI programs but mainly for the Desktop. Every module > would be capable to preform given related task*s* on predefined file type* > s*. Now Unity preview and Nautilus comes into play. > > - Dash: > When opening the preview of a document in Dash, the OS would check if any > Unity modules exists that supports the given file type, if yes it would add > a button for it to the preview window. If we would have e.g. a Unity module > to convert any text file type to PDF the button would be labeled 'Convert > to PDF'. > > - Nautilus: > A user selects multiple files and preforms a right click. The OS would > check if there are Unity modules that can handle the selected files and > display the triggerable actions in a sub-menu (called e.g. 'Further > Actions'). All modules that can't handle the selection are discarded → > multiple file types = less module actions available... > > Unity modules should be designed in a way that they can be used in the > Dash, Nautilus, from CLI... > It would be nice if user could *easily* write there own Unity modules > (as: shell script, java script, python, c...). > > Unity Modules could extend the Dash + [enter Program name here] > functionality in a way we can't anticipated yet. Maybe Unity Modules > could even be useful for voice stuff... *dreaming* :) > > *I guess a lot of module interactions could be integrated quite easily > because the code already exists. The Unity Modules would only provide a > common interface to access it.* > > > *Unity Module Suggestions:* > PDF Module: Convert any text or image file to PDF - split/merge PDF's. > Ubuntu One Module: Allows to upload a file to the cloud / create a public > link. > Image Converter Module: Convert/resizes images to given size (px or file > size). > Empathy Module: send file to online contact. > > Modules that could be written by users: > SSH Module: Upload file to Server XYZ. > Terminal Module: Open file dir location in terminal > Media Convert Module: Convert sound or video file to XYZ. > ... > > > *Pros:* > > - content aware > - needs to be implemented once and can be used on multiple > places/programs > - follows the Unix philosophy (one problem, one program) > - a lot of code that could be used in Unity Modules already exists > - current IT world lacks something like this > > > > Your thoughts? > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Owais Lone http://www.owaislone.org
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