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gsoc15 [2015/02/16 14:21] – created stevegsoc15 [2015/02/17 20:02] – [Anonymous collection of user preferences] steve
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 This project aims to help us developer better apps for our users by understanding their needs and preferences better. We want you to develop a few components: This project aims to help us developer better apps for our users by understanding their needs and preferences better. We want you to develop a few components:
  
-1. A dialog to ask for user consent and store their reply, and negotiates a unique, random ID following a specific pattern for the user (for spam protection) +  - A dialog to ask for user consent and store their reply, and negotiates a unique, random ID following a specific pattern for the user (for spam protection) 
- +  - A client application that, when launched, looks up the Xfconf settings of the user (and a few things like locale,timezone) bundles all the data in a convenient format e.g. YAML, and sends it the server over an encrypted connection 
-2. A client application that, when launched, looks up the Xfconf settings of the user (and a few things like locale,timezone) bundles all the data in a convenient format e.g. YAML, and sends it the server over an encrypted connection +  - A patch for Xfce4's settings daemon to spawn the dialog at a sensible time and to launch the client every month 
- +  - A server application that waits for new clients to negotiate IDs with, and that waits for existing clients to send their settings file every month; that stores these files and provides an authenticated interface for Xfce developers to access them
-3. A server application that waits for new clients to negotiate IDs with, and that waits for existing clients to send their settings file every month; that stores these files and provides an authenticated interface for Xfce developers to access them+
  
 **Skills required:** **Skills required:**
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   * More programming: The client bit should have a GTK+ UI, but could be done in C, Python, Vala, etc. as long as you know you have access to the libraries you need.   * More programming: The client bit should have a GTK+ UI, but could be done in C, Python, Vala, etc. as long as you know you have access to the libraries you need.
   * Correct understanding of encryption and computer security   * Correct understanding of encryption and computer security
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 +==== Anonymous collection of how users launch applications and which applications they use ====
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 +Description: TODO. See above