System Presence Integration Idea

[(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando]

On Wednesday 12 March 2008 17:38:54 Chris Warburton wrote:
> With the increased momentum towards unified messaging and presence
> systems (ie. Telepathy and things built on top such as Decibel) I think
> there needs to be some thought put into the use of presence by the
> system. That is, if the system can see the user's various presence
> attributes then it can infer actions to take (locking screen when "Away"
> for example), and likewise the user's actions can infer their presence
> ("Away" when screen locked). If integrated throughout the stack then
> this could be a very powerful, and as far as I know unique to Free
> Software, feature.
> 
> To me such an idea would take 3 stages to implement:
> 
> 1) Discussion and brainstorming of possible use cases throughout the
> system
> 
> 2) Building the infrastructure needed to enable such cases (Dbus as far
> as I can tell)
> 
> 3) Creation/modification of interfaces for users to control them
> 
> I have written a spec[1] and blueprint[2] for stage 1, the discussion,
> which I think needs to be had (even if it results in rejection of the
> idea) and was wondering what people thought. I have also added it to the
> Ubuntu Brainstorm[3].
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Warburton
> 
> 1 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemPresenceIntegrationSpec
> 
> 2
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/system-presence-integration
> 
> 3 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1650/

Great.
I've been looking for a way to do this for a long time.
I guess this will be a great addition to Hardy+1 ( Intrepid Ibex ).

Just a new idea to join: have an option to reduce CPU/screen power to lower limits, saving energy when not in use, or the ability to start management tasks or seti-at-home alike apps.


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