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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="accounts-which-application">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="accounts-disable-service"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.8.2" date="2013-05-22" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="incomplete"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
<email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
<years>2012, 2013</years>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Andre Klapper</name>
<email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Applications can use the accounts created in <app>Online
Accounts</app> and the services they exploit.</desc>
</info>
<title>Online services and applications</title>
<comment>
<cite date="2015-09-28">shaunm</cite>
<p>Figure out what Maps and Music do. See TODOs below.</p>
</comment>
<p>Once you have added an online account, any application can use that
account for any of the available services that you have not
<link xref="accounts-disable-service">disabled</link>. Different
providers provide different services. This page lists the different
services and some of the applications that are known to use them.</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title>Calendar</title>
<p>The Calendar service allows you to view, add, and edit events in
an online calendar. It is used by applications like <app>Calendar</app>,
<app>Evolution</app>, and <app>California</app>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Chat</title>
<p>The Chat service allows you to chat with your contacts on popular
instant messaging platforms. It is used by the <app>Empathy</app>
application.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Contacts</title>
<p>The Contacts service allows you to see the published details of your
contacts on various services. It is used by applications like
<app>Contacts</app> and <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
</item>
<!-- See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-online-accounts/-/commit/32f35cc07fcbee839978e3630972b67ed55f0da6
<item>
<title>Documents</title>
<p>The Documents service allows you to view your online documents
such as those in Google docs. You can view your documents using the
<app>Documents</app> application.</p>
</item>
-->
<item>
<title>Files</title>
<p>The Files service adds a remote file location, as if you had added
one using the <link xref="nautilus-connect">Connect to Server</link>
functionality in the file manager. You can access remote files using
the file manager, as well as through file open and save dialogs in any
application.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Mail</title>
<p>The Mail service allows you to send and receive email through an
email provider like Google. It is used by <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
</item>
<!-- TODO: Not sure what this does. Doesn't seem to do anything in Maps app.
<item>
<title>Maps</title>
</item>
-->
<!-- TODO: Not sure what this does in which app. Seems to support e.g. VKontakte.
<item>
<title>Music</title>
</item>
-->
<item>
<title>Photos</title>
<p>The Photos service allows you to view your online photos such as
those you post on Facebook. You can view your photos using the
<app>Photos</app> application.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Printers</title>
<p>The Printers service allows you to send a PDF copy to a provider from
within the print dialog of any application. The provider might provide
print services, or it might just serve as storage for the PDF, which
you can download and print later.</p>
</item>
</terms>
</page>
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