Re: (not) proposing Snowy for GNOME 3.0

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 21:35 -0700, Sandy Armstrong wrote:
> 
> 
> == GNOME Web Platform ==
> 
> There is no GNOME web platform.  There are no new libraries being
> proposed for use by all GNOME web modules.  It feels way too early to
> try to make those sorts of decisions.  We need another module or two
> before we discover what can and should be shared.
> 
> I will say that even if we end up with an Online Desktopish goal, we
> should not strive for one big monster web app.    I think it makes
> sense to focus on smaller, single-purpose web apps with sensible
> integration points.
> 
> For example, we could have a Mugshot-like "identity" app for Teh
> Social, and have it aggregate info from apps like Snowy.  We could tie
> apps together with existing standards like OpenID and OAuth.  We could
> come up with conventions for building RESTful APIs, standardize on
> JSON, etc etc.  We could build standard GTK+ widgets for
> authenticating with GNOME web services.  Whatever makes sense to make
> integration between the GNOME desktop and the GNOME web easy on
> developers and users.
> 
yes, maybe it would make sense to have a generic sync API, so that the
same API and server could be used for syncing notes, contacts, calendar
events, etc. I don't think that would make a "monster" app, if it's just
a syncing server implementing a single API, wouldn't it?