Re: A Framework for Desktop Syndication

["dodji Seketeli" <dodji seketeli org>]

Hello,

This sounds like a good idea to me.

Maybe you should bring the developer of applications like liferea into
the loop. There is certainly something to be shared with them. This
kind of API could simplify the code base of apps like liferea and
allow other applications to provide syndication to their users, at a
very low development cost.

Dodji.

On 6/17/06, Yaron Tausky <decaycell gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been thinking about implementing a new framework, to abstract the
> use of various syndication formats on the desktop. It would consist of a
> daemon that registers feeds over D-BUS and reads them at specified
> intervals, and clients which will be able to tap into the daemon's
> database and get notifications about new updates. The intended use is
> for reading blogs, news sites, podcasts, etc. Another possible use I can
> think of is to aggregate software updates notifications.
> I'd like to hear your opinions on this concept -- whether you think
> there is a need for such a framework, have another use case, or perhaps
> if you think this is all rubbish. :-)
>
> On a side note, I'm not an experienced GNOME developer, and since this
> seems like a rather simple project to implement, I hope I'll be able to
> do it by myself. My motivation is the feeling that feeds are not
> integrated enough into the desktop -- I'd like to improve this state.
>
> --
> Yaron Tausky <decaycell gmail com>
>
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