1<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2      type="topic" style="task"
3      id="accounts-which-application">
4
5  <info>
6    <link type="guide" xref="accounts"/>
7    <link type="seealso" xref="accounts-disable-service"/>
8
9    <revision pkgversion="3.8.2" date="2013-05-22" status="review"/>
10    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
11    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="incomplete"/>
12
13    <credit type="author copyright">
14      <name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
15      <email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
16      <years>2012, 2013</years>
17    </credit>
18    <credit type="editor">
19      <name>Michael Hill</name>
20      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
21    </credit>
22    <credit type="editor">
23      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
24      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
25    </credit>
26
27    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
28
29    <desc>Applications can use the accounts created in <app>Online
30    Accounts</app> and the services they exploit.</desc>
31
32  </info>
33
34  <title>Online services and applications</title>
35
36  <comment>
37    <cite date="2015-09-28">shaunm</cite>
38    <p>Figure out what Maps does. See TODO below.</p>
39  </comment>
40
41  <p>Once you have added an online account, any application can use that
42  account for any of the available services that you have not
43  <link xref="accounts-disable-service">disabled</link>. Different
44  providers provide different services. This page lists the different
45  services and some of the applications that are known to use them.</p>
46
47  <terms>
48    <item>
49      <title>Calendar</title>
50      <p>The Calendar service allows you to view, add, and edit events in
51      an online calendar. It is used by applications like <app>Calendar</app>,
52      <app>Evolution</app>, and <app>California</app>.</p>
53    </item>
54
55    <item>
56      <title>Chat</title>
57      <p>The Chat service allows you to chat with your contacts on popular
58      instant messaging platforms. It is used by the <app>Empathy</app>
59      application.</p>
60    </item>
61
62    <item>
63      <title>Contacts</title>
64      <p>The Contacts service allows you to see the published details of your
65      contacts on various services. It is used by applications like
66      <app>Contacts</app> and <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
67    </item>
68
69    <item>
70      <title>Documents</title>
71      <p>The Documents service allows you to view your online documents
72      such as those in Google docs. You can view your documents using the
73      <app>Documents</app> application.</p>
74    </item>
75
76    <item>
77      <title>Files</title>
78      <p>The Files service adds a remote file location, as if you had added
79      one using the <link xref="nautilus-connect">Connect to Server</link>
80      functionality in the file manager. You can access remote files using
81      the file manager, as well as through file open and save dialogs in any
82      application.</p>
83    </item>
84
85    <item>
86      <title>Mail</title>
87      <p>The Mail service allows you to send and receive email through an
88      email provider like Google. It is used by <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
89    </item>
90
91<!-- TODO: Not sure what this does. Doesn't seem to do anything in Maps app.
92    <item>
93      <title>Maps</title>
94    </item>
95-->
96
97    <item>
98      <title>Photos</title>
99      <p>The Photos service allows you to view your online photos such as
100      those you post on Facebook. You can view your photos using the
101      <app>Photos</app> application.</p>
102    </item>
103
104    <item>
105      <title>Printers</title>
106      <p>The Printers service allows you to send a PDF copy to a provider from
107      within the print dialog of any application. The provider might provide
108      print services, or it might just serve as storage for the PDF, which
109      you can download and print later.</p>
110    </item>
111
112    <item>
113      <title>Read Later</title>
114      <p>The Read Later service allows you to save a web page to external
115      services so that you can read it later on another device. No applications
116      currently use this service.</p>
117      <comment>
118	<cite date="2015-09-28">shaunm</cite>
119	<p>Check this for 3.20. Might get support for Pocket in Epiphany.</p>
120      </comment>
121    </item>
122
123  </terms>
124
125</page>
126