[ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 19:27 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> 
> I've just started the project for my MSc course in Applied Computing
> and am in need of some guinea pigs to help design and test it. I'm
> going to be working on it between now and Monday 12th September, when
> my thesis is to be submitted, and I'm going to be using the
> user-centred design [1] methodology and will be looking for people to
> provide feedback regularly between now and the submission deadline.
> 
> 
> The project will be to implement a 'Continuous Client', where the move
> from one computing device to another is streamlined by saving your
> session on one computer, syncing it to a location in the cloud, and
> restoring it on another. Reader of Engadget will probably be familiar
> with this concept [2]. I'm planning on building an open source version
> of this that will allow the user to use Ubuntu One sync their session
> from one Ubuntu computer to another, with Windows machines eventually
> being added to the mix. It's not going to cover every single
> application in the Software Centre, but it will support a few of the
> default apps shipped with Ubuntu. In the beginning, this will include
> LibreOffice writer, Firefox and Empathy, with the option to expand to
> other LibreOffice apps if time permits.

Sounds interesting! I'll go register with the team then :-)

Cheers,

Bruno