Ogv support in software center

Chris Hardee shazzner at gmail.com
Sat Oct 30 18:18:08 UTC 2010


That is a good point, I think though if we provide a strong template and
keep everything consistent and logical it should be ok. I'd imagine only
package maintainers could alter the package page to enforce this.

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Kip Warner <kip at thevertigo.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 14:25 -0500, Chris Hardee wrote:
> >         It's probably been talked about before, but as proposed here:
> >         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GamesIntegration
> >
> >         I think we need add ogv/movie support in software-center to
> >         show off games
> >         and some applications (I'm thinking like CAD software and such
> >         so users can
> >         get a feel for how interactive it is). In fact I think we
> >         should have the
> >         application page be a webkit widget and possibly have html5
> >         interaction.
>
> Hey Chris. I like the idea of ogv and possibly html5 being embedded in
> the UI. My only reservation is that too much freedom in the layout may
> compromise visual structure and consistency. Adding to that, the ability
> to add more user created data as well, may make it even more consistent.
> Although, I suppose it depends on how it is done.
>
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