Re: Proposing Tracker for inclusion into GNOME 2.18

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

John Stowers wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:
> > <quote who="Jamie McCracken">
> >
> > > sorry, is anything else still unclear?
> > Go back to my mail, read it again, and start from the beginning. What is it,
> > what does it do, why is it important? Tell us a story with an elevator pitch
> > and use cases, not an essay with hypotheticals.
>
> OK I am not the developer, but from the perspective of a user of
> tracker, here is an elevator pitch;
>
> Tracker helps you find and organize your stuff.
>
> Imagine downloading a mp3 file to have it automatically have it appear
> in Rhythmbox, complete with artist and track information. Imagine
> shooting a photo on your digital camera, and to have it appear in
> f-spot, without having to be imported. Like tagging? tracker lets you
> apply tags to files, freeing you from an endless heirarchy of folders.
>
> Tracker not only allows you to search for files based upon whats
> inside them, but also by properties which describe them (metadata).
> Tracker is smart, by treating files as first class objects it knows
> that Photos have widths, while Music files have artists. Tracker knows
> that documents have authors and Videos have durations.
>
> Want to find photos taken with you Nikon digital camera? no problem!.
> Want to find all Openoffice documents created in december, with more
> than 10 pages, containing the word cheese? no problem. Tracker can do
> it.
>
> Tracker is;
> * Small - <5mb ram, great for low end systems.
> * Fast - 100s of searches per second will not slow your computer,
> drain your battery or eat your cat.
> * Standards compliant - want to write a gnome app in bash? no problem,
> tracker has a dbus interface
>
> Tracker is the glue that helps developers connect GNOME together, and
> the reason  users will love the GNOME platform.
>
> John


John, thats fab!  - the position of tracker Marketing Manager is yours 
if you want it!


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Mr Jamie McCracken
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