[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.10: advertising lenses

[Alan Bell]

On 25/09/12 09:33, Juergen Schinker wrote:
>   
> Why is there no full Transparancy about this -the more i dig the more comes out...
>
> J
>
In a situation where there is no transparency then the more you dig 
nothing more comes out. What you are experiencing *is* transparency, 
where the more you dig the more you find out.

read the source (you do not need to understand vala to be able to read it):
https://code.launchpad.net/unity-lens-shopping
https://code.launchpad.net/unity-lens-music  (not new, but works exactly 
the same way as shopping)
https://code.launchpad.net/~unity-lens-videos  (not new, but works 
almost exactly the same way as shopping)

here is the self documenting web service they proxy through 
http://productsearch.ubuntu.com/
in which you can find much transparency:
http://productsearch.ubuntu.com/v1/search?q=transparency

This is how lenses and scopes relate to each other
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Lenses

That documentation includes information on default searches and how lens 
specific searches and the global search results are formed. The only 
thing that I do not think has published and transparent source code is 
the web service.

Alan

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