[Ambassadors] Just an idea...

Tue Aug 3 18:03:10 UTC 2010

using IRC is another good point.
i think, we can use another channel, such #fedora-notifications that is just
to submit such ones.

Regards,
Mahmoud Abul Jawad
@meGenius

2010/8/3 Ryan Lewis <me at ryanlewis.net>

> I agree, this is a great idea.
>
> I'm not even sure much work would be required other than getting the proper
> existing software into the mix.
>
> For example, we could make sure the standard installs have xchat +
> register them a nick on freenode, and then have it startup automagically and
> join #fedora (this is all existing stuff).
>
> A simply (python) script could check for the latest fedora news and provide
> a button to click to open firefox and go to the right url.
>
> -rhl
>
> 2010/8/3 Mahmoud Abdul Jawad <abduljawad.mahmoud at gmail.com>
>
> in fact, what you said about the "web" part is the best option, however,
>> creating a AIR or Titanium is really bad idea.
>> a simple console based program can connect to the internet & get the
>> updates, & post them to dbus notifications, here is a python example of how
>> to use the dbus notifications:
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>> import dbus
>> bus = dbus.SessionBus()
>> notifications = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications',
>> '/org/freedesktop/Notifications')
>> interface = dbus.Interface(notifications, 'org.freedesktop.Notifications')
>> id = 4856
>> timeout = 2500
>> interface.Notify('name',id,'','summary','body','','',timout)
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>>
>> 2010/8/3 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/8/3 Ryan Lewis <me at ryanlewis.net>
>>>
>>> I'd be willing to join such a project.
>>>>
>>>> -rhl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:50 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  On 08/03/2010 01:31 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So because of this, I came out with an idea, it's just an idea, don't
>>>>> > know if you may consider it important and/or interesting:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Why don't we use a "second notification system" I mean, by example,
>>>>> we
>>>>> > can add to anaconda an additional step
>>>>> > to let people create some kind of FAS account in order to win more
>>>>> > "adepts" and also giving us the chance of notify
>>>>> > them by e-mail or something like that when this kind of problems
>>>>> > happen. (Of course, if they agree with that)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Or maybe a Fedora News Digest app integrated in all major desktop
>>>>> > enviroments and activable only under users order...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Don't Know... Just an idea, any words to add?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > P.S. I contributed with my two cents by making a blog post announcing
>>>>> > the bug and also asked the "thisweekinlinux" guy to talk about it in
>>>>> > his next video
>>>>> > in order to let more users to be awared of the bug and able to fix
>>>>> it,
>>>>> > he agreed by the way :)
>>>>>
>>>>> It has been suggested before.  It just requires someone to write such a
>>>>> app and convince the different teams to include it by default.   Are
>>>>> you
>>>>> willing to look into that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rahul
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> Well, I build Simple but functional webapps and webpages... I certanly
>>> can build a web gadget with a feed parsing function so when you run the app
>>> (or if you have it open) you recieve all the important Fedora News in the
>>> moment they are generated, a "Notifier" to call it in some way. I can bring
>>> it to the Desktop using technologies such as Adobe AIR (I know we have
>>> problems with AIR because it's not free) But there is also Titanium, I never
>>> used it but it's suposed to furfill the air's functions being opensource.
>>> There is also another alternative: Mozilla Prism. We add this program to
>>> fedora and somehow create a launcher for the webgadget in the O.S.
>>>
>>> Also, if we're going to work with web gadgets I bet there's a PLASMA
>>> WIDGET to serve as a notifier so there should be one similar app for Gnome
>>> (Like a Screenlet or I don't Know) But the other Option can be to put these
>>> apps for default opened in all major desktops, parsing the Fedora Feed. By
>>> Fedora Feed i refer to any of the news feeds of the project, it can be the
>>> Twitter Feed, one from blogger, Facebook, I don't Know (Or maybe we can
>>> build a new one just for these cases, don't know, I'm just giving ideas)
>>>
>>> That's the help I can offer, I only work with Web Code...
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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