This plugin sends a request for a photo to the connected device. The device then sends the photo back, currently via the SharePlugin.
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broulik albertvaka - Group Reviewers
KDE Connect - Commits
- R224:dbccc641ed79: Add plugin for taking photos on remote device
kdeconnect-cli --photo
Check for photo in Downlaods folder
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- R224 KDE Connect
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- photo
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I also find the use case a bit obscure.
Unless you are a spy and want to take photos from your phone without anyone noticing, I see no use of this plugin.
There are plenty of use cases. Using your phone as a scanner is a common one, for example.
macOS already has this feature and people think of plenty of uses for it on that platform.
I also fairly often want to take a photo to immediately send to my computer. The intermediate step of opening the photo in the gallery is not a big problem, but I think this plugin provides a good use
You can already do that by taking a photo and sharing it via KDE Connect. This whole plugin just saves you one tap. Is this something we want?
You can already do that by taking a photo and sharing it via KDE Connect. This whole plugin just saves you one tap. Is this something we want?
My target use-case is not really about saving a tap but to allow other programs to trigger it (ideally abstracted by Purpose). For example an app that allows to set a profile picture could offer to take one via KDE Connect.
> macOS already has this feature and people think of plenty of uses for it on that platform.
Exactly, +1
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75 | "Take a photo" is not what actually happens (and this confused me at the beginning). Maybe "open the camera and automatically transfer the photo taken" or something like that? |