Comments on: Company Calls http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/ Random babblings of a geek. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Robvdl http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-60995 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:10:03 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-60995 Great work! I can see this feature being very useful. There's one thing I am still missing from the GTK file chooser, and that is thumbnail view. Sometimes I need to browse for an image file, but the application I am using does not have a preview for the selected file (like Gimp has in it's file chooser). It would be really handy to be able to switch between list and thumbnail/icon view. Just like in Nautilus and (ahem) Windows file choosers. Another thing I think would be handy is the ability to create folders inside any GTK file chooser. Great work! I can see this feature being very useful.

There’s one thing I am still missing from the GTK file chooser, and that is thumbnail view. Sometimes I need to browse for an image file, but the application I am using does not have a preview for the selected file (like Gimp has in it’s file chooser). It would be really handy to be able to switch between list and thumbnail/icon view. Just like in Nautilus and (ahem) Windows file choosers.

Another thing I think would be handy is the ability to create folders inside any GTK file chooser.

]]> by: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-45416 Mon, 07 May 2007 12:51:34 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-45416 ebassi: Well, we are still finishing off the metadata part of the spec, but I have started to work on a python-glib binding to get a feeling on how the API should look. The current hard deadline for the spec is 1st of June and I anticipate that libxesam-{glib,qt} will start evolving alongside the discussions and be ready for consumption maybe as early as july. Many people have shown interest and said that they would help with the coding, so with a bit of luck we might be up pretty quickly. The main blocker atm is that our FDO project request seems to be frozen in time... :-( We might have to move to Track or some other neutral host if something doesn't happen soonish. ebassi: Well, we are still finishing off the metadata part of the spec, but I have started to work on a python-glib binding to get a feeling on how the API should look.

The current hard deadline for the spec is 1st of June and I anticipate that libxesam-{glib,qt} will start evolving alongside the discussions and be ready for consumption maybe as early as july.

Many people have shown interest and said that they would help with the coding, so with a bit of luck we might be up pretty quickly.

The main blocker atm is that our FDO project request seems to be frozen in time… :-( We might have to move to Track or some other neutral host if something doesn’t happen soonish.

]]> by: ebassi http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44880 Fri, 04 May 2007 09:53:57 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44880 @mhr I thought I bore the hell out of everyone already, but it seems I was wrong. ;-) anyway, since gtk+ 2.10 we have an API for that - GtkRecentManager. @fan O RLY? @mhr

I thought I bore the hell out of everyone already, but it seems I was wrong. ;-) anyway, since gtk+ 2.10 we have an API for that - GtkRecentManager.

@fan

O RLY?

]]> by: ebassis #1 fan http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44877 Fri, 04 May 2007 09:43:55 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44877 IM IN UR SEARCH EATED RECENT FILES!!!! IM IN UR SEARCH EATED RECENT FILES!!!!

]]> by: ebassi http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44876 Fri, 04 May 2007 09:43:25 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44876 some replies without any order: @John Williams: there's a big "Search" shortcut at the top of the shortcuts list. @Michael: because this is gtk+, and gtk+ doesn't (yet) depend on d-bus; also why on earth should I use directly d-bus and go through the pain of using the C bindings, while someone else should do this work for me (as a developer)? beagle developers did make my life easier. @ulrik sverdrup: nautilus uses a different UI for searching, which is not reusable in the file chooser. @Benoît: it's darkilouche, by jimmac. @Mikkel: I'd really like to have a libxesam-glib to use in my applications. is there a timeframe for a reference implementation? some replies without any order:

@John Williams:

there’s a big “Search” shortcut at the top of the shortcuts list.

@Michael:

because this is gtk+, and gtk+ doesn’t (yet) depend on d-bus; also why on earth should I use directly d-bus and go through the pain of using the C bindings, while someone else should do this work for me (as a developer)? beagle developers did make my life easier.

@ulrik sverdrup:

nautilus uses a different UI for searching, which is not reusable in the file chooser.

@Benoît:

it’s darkilouche, by jimmac.

@Mikkel:

I’d really like to have a libxesam-glib to use in my applications. is there a timeframe for a reference implementation?

]]> by: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44847 Fri, 04 May 2007 07:06:15 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44847 ken: Spot on about the trailing period :-) ken: Spot on about the trailing period :-)

]]> by: ken http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44767 Thu, 03 May 2007 22:34:19 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44767 OK, the real bug is that Wordpress doesn't allow http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt :-) OK, the real bug is that Wordpress doesn’t allow http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt :-)

]]> by: ken http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44766 Thu, 03 May 2007 22:33:47 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44766 Mikkel: are you referring to Wordpress not being smart enough to induce that the period is not part of your URL? That's what you get for ignoring . Mikkel: are you referring to Wordpress not being smart enough to induce that the period is not part of your URL?

That’s what you get for ignoring .

]]> by: John Williams http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44762 Thu, 03 May 2007 22:01:49 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44762 Thanks for this Emmanuel, it will be very useful, I'm sure. But where is the "Search" button in the first screenshot? Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick? Is it a keyboard shortcut? If so, how does the user discover it? Thanks for this Emmanuel, it will be very useful, I’m sure.

But where is the “Search” button in the first screenshot? Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick? Is it a keyboard shortcut? If so, how does the user discover it?

]]> by: Martijn http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44714 Thu, 03 May 2007 16:52:54 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44714 *puts on asbestos underwear* So, what <b>does</b> the button do? :) *puts on asbestos underwear*

So, what does the button do? :)

]]> by: randomwalker http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44704 Thu, 03 May 2007 14:04:25 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44704 Good stuff! I've been hoping this would happen one day <a href="http://arvindn.livejournal.com/1112.html" rel="nofollow">since 2004</a> :) I wonder if "places" is the right UI for search though. Not where I'd expect to find it. What about a search button to the right of the location bar? It's not overloading the widget because typing in the location is also a form of search. Good stuff! I’ve been hoping this would happen one day since 2004 :)

I wonder if “places” is the right UI for search though. Not where I’d expect to find it. What about a search button to the right of the location bar? It’s not overloading the widget because typing in the location is also a form of search.

]]> by: mhr http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44703 Thu, 03 May 2007 13:38:41 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44703 search is nice, but do we have a nice "recent files" display that works across all applications? search is nice, but do we have a nice “recent files” display that works across all applications?

]]> by: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44697 Thu, 03 May 2007 12:55:59 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44697 Hehe, spot the Wordpress bug in my comment above and receive 1 years worth of free air. Hehe, spot the Wordpress bug in my comment above and receive 1 years worth of free air.

]]> by: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44696 Thu, 03 May 2007 12:54:01 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44696 Ignacius: You are talking about xesam. See http://wiki.freedesktop.org/wiki/XesamAbout. This should also cover the Tracker API-niceness request. Withing a relatively short time we should all just be able to use libxesam-glib or whatever it will be called, and have pervasive desktop search without much hassle. Ignacius: You are talking about xesam. See http://wiki.freedesktop.org/wiki/XesamAbout.

This should also cover the Tracker API-niceness request. Withing a relatively short time we should all just be able to use libxesam-glib or whatever it will be called, and have pervasive desktop search without much hassle.

]]> by: Michael http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44695 Thu, 03 May 2007 12:50:28 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2007/05/company-calls/#comment-44695 About the Tracker API: Why didn't you use the D-Bus API provided by tracker? Would have seemed as a much cleaner solution for me. About the Tracker API: Why didn’t you use the D-Bus API provided by tracker?
Would have seemed as a much cleaner solution for me.

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