Hi
I'm new to computers and interrested in 'networks' - in a widly general sense, that is. So, out of curiosity:
I noticed that GrowlItunes connects to Amazon and wondered why. (Why?). Then I thought it might feel the need to retrieve info about the playing tune and fill in some blanks. Then I wandered if Amazon got any information from this 'process'. Does it? Is there a way I could have checked by myself?
Thanks
GrowlItunes connects to Amazon?
Just to clarify, we only contact amazon for artwork and we send them nothing.
It is kind of interesting though. Amazon offers this great free api to use to download artwork and other information with, only you can only query once per second.
So we have that business. Then we also have problems with people using dialup/highly latent connections/full to almost full pipes that make the process slower than it should be. So adding a time out fixes that, but it's still curious.
Then we write to a thing called the ARTchive that is supported by multiple different things using album art. This benefits them, but also means we don't increase the size of the users music library/storage used on ipod.
It is kind of interesting though. Amazon offers this great free api to use to download artwork and other information with, only you can only query once per second.
So we have that business. Then we also have problems with people using dialup/highly latent connections/full to almost full pipes that make the process slower than it should be. So adding a time out fixes that, but it's still curious.
Then we write to a thing called the ARTchive that is supported by multiple different things using album art. This benefits them, but also means we don't increase the size of the users music library/storage used on ipod.
Ok. Thanks for this.
Is there such a thing as a commented (for dilettantes) version of 'the code' you guys put together on Growl? I'm looking for a way of getting somehow acquainted with these apps talking to apps, computer to computer language type things… Just to know how far I could dig into this. (Hears growl in the dark. Shivers.)
Regarding artwork query (broad). Has anyone heard of a search engine based on visual matching? I mean something that would look for the shape and color of a green apple rather than the text 'picture of a green apple'?
Ignorantly yours.
Is there such a thing as a commented (for dilettantes) version of 'the code' you guys put together on Growl? I'm looking for a way of getting somehow acquainted with these apps talking to apps, computer to computer language type things… Just to know how far I could dig into this. (Hears growl in the dark. Shivers.)
Regarding artwork query (broad). Has anyone heard of a search engine based on visual matching? I mean something that would look for the shape and color of a green apple rather than the text 'picture of a green apple'?
Ignorantly yours.
