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  • From: Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com>
  • To: Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org>, cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-devel] [GSOC 2011] Getting Involve
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:44:59 +0600



On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Nathan Yergler <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Nathan Yergler
> <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for the information.
>> >
>> > You mean we have to propose a project which we can use bring CC to other
>> > tools/ platforms. As far as I see Open Attribute has all the requirement
>> > specified in the project idea. If I found any other way to improve the
>> > Open
>> > Attribute extension can I submit a proposal based on the same idea?
>>
>> Yes! Thinking about it a little more, I know that OpenAttribute
>> currently has different _javascript_ for Opera, Chrome, and Firefox.
>>
>> It'd be great to see those unified so that it gives consistent output
>> across platforms.
>
> Sorry I didn't get the idea.
> As far as I know, for different browsers we need to have different
> _javascript_s because different browser API to create extensions are not the
> same.
>

Right, but there are portions -- RDFa extraction, attribution
generation, etc -- that could be unified.

OK. I got the point. I will try to find any other improvements that needs to be done.
 

>>
>> That's probably not enough on its own for GSoC, but
>> maybe it's a starting point?
>
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Nathan Yergler
>> > <nathan AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Isuru,
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for the delayed reply; we're currently moving the CC office,
>> >> which has caused some delays in, well, getting things done.
>> >>
>> >> I think that a successful project will build on OpenAttribute, but we
>> >> don't have specific ideas about what needs to be changed/improved.
>> >> We're really interested in students who are passionate about CC and
>> >> who have an idea of how to bring CC to other platforms or tools.
>> >>
>> >> NRY
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian AT gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Isuru,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> How would your extension be different from OpenAttribute?
>> >> >
>> >> > I was about to ask the same question.
>> >> > I tested the openAttribute extension on Firefox and found that almost
>> >> > all
>> >> > the feature requests given in the project description is implemented
>> >> > in
>> >> > openAttribute. But in the project description says that we need to
>> >> > improve
>> >> > the openAttribute.
>> >> > I am not clear about what needs to be done in this project.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Chris
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 27 March 2011 05:07, Isuru Udana <isudana AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am a final year undergraduate from department of Computer Science
>> >> >>> and
>> >> >>> Engineering University of Moratuwa.
>> >> >>> I am interested in doing a project of CC for Google summer of code
>> >> >>> this
>> >> >>> year.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> After going through the ideas list I am very much interested of the
>> >> >>> idea
>> >> >>> Attribution Helper Browser Extension.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I am very much familiar with Firefox and chrome extension
>> >> >>> development.
>> >> >>> The extensions which I have created for Firefox has been accepted
>> >> >>> by
>> >> >>> the
>> >> >>> Mozilla community after reviewing the code[1].
>> >> >>> So I am very much confident that I have the ability to work on the
>> >> >>> Chrome/Firefox extension.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Can some one please suggests me a starting point to work on this
>> >> >>> project.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> [1]
>> >> >>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/quickproxy-54908/
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thank you
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> Isuru Udana
>> >> >>> Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
>> >> >>> University of Moratuwa.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Web: http://isudana.tk/ Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
>> >> >>> gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
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>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Chris Sakkas
>> >> >> Admin of the Year of Living Free Wiki * Twitter * Blog * Forum
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Isuru Udana
>> >> > Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
>> >> > University of Moratuwa.
>> >> >
>> >> > Web: http://isudana.tk/ Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
>> >> > gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Isuru Udana
>> > Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
>> > University of Moratuwa.
>> >
>> > Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
>> > gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
> --
> Isuru Udana
> Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
> University of Moratuwa.
>
> Blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/
> gTalk: isudana  skype: isudana
>
>
>
>
>



--
Isuru Udana
Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
University of Moratuwa
.

Blog
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