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Jan. 25th, 2011
Every contact database program I know has a "nickname" field. Today I was thinking that I use the same values in that field for EXIF tags, and what I'd like to see is a plugin (or better, to see it coming out of the box) with a button on each person's contact record. The button would query Tracker, and then launch gthumb or the local equivalent to show images of that person. The button would not display if there were no such images.
Something like this (on Maemo, though the principle is the same for GNOME):
(It's interesting to consider whether the plugin should assemble the list and then pass it to gthumb, or whether gthumb should be extended so that it can be passed a switch to display all pictures known to Tracker with a given tag.)
Of course, Tracker also tracks things other than images, so you could also have buttons for wordprocessor documents, emails, and so on. I could do this (in a while, when I have some time); would any of you want it?
Something like this (on Maemo, though the principle is the same for GNOME):
(It's interesting to consider whether the plugin should assemble the list and then pass it to gthumb, or whether gthumb should be extended so that it can be passed a switch to display all pictures known to Tracker with a given tag.)
Of course, Tracker also tracks things other than images, so you could also have buttons for wordprocessor documents, emails, and so on. I could do this (in a while, when I have some time); would any of you want it?
Maemo rfk still going
Jan. 25th, 2011 08:18 pmThis morning I finally got around to testing the rewritten MeeGo version of robotfindskitten on the N900. It works passably well:
You see that the text is missing.
There are a few other things wrong (we need to use Maemo banners, not dialogue boxes; the vibration at the end needs reimplementing) but I think it will be good to go in a week or so of snatched moments here and there. If you'd like to test, let me know.
(I'm thinking of making the title page dark grey, and losing the text across the top, to look more Maemo-like than MeeGo-like.)
You see that the text is missing.
There are a few other things wrong (we need to use Maemo banners, not dialogue boxes; the vibration at the end needs reimplementing) but I think it will be good to go in a week or so of snatched moments here and there. If you'd like to test, let me know.
(I'm thinking of making the title page dark grey, and losing the text across the top, to look more Maemo-like than MeeGo-like.)
Valentine's stuff
Jan. 25th, 2011 09:39 pmSomewhere out there are widgets you can place on your blog to let people leave you messages for Valentine's day.
I am not doing this. I am not skilled at maintaining relationships, so I am not looking to start any new ones. And I have my hands full with the ones I've got. Further, I don't believe there's anyone lurking out there who is interested but hasn't declared it.
But I would like to tell all the people who are close to me that they are wonderful. You probably know if you are one of these people. If you don't know, try assuming that you are. You're probably pretty wonderful, either way.
I am not doing this. I am not skilled at maintaining relationships, so I am not looking to start any new ones. And I have my hands full with the ones I've got. Further, I don't believe there's anyone lurking out there who is interested but hasn't declared it.
But I would like to tell all the people who are close to me that they are wonderful. You probably know if you are one of these people. If you don't know, try assuming that you are. You're probably pretty wonderful, either way.