Web powerbox use cases
Use case |
Interactive? |
Revocable? |
Multiple providers? |
One-shot camera or video |
Yes: displays preview of image |
No |
Yes: get photo from camera or from file |
Real-time video input |
No |
Yes |
Yes: multiple cameras |
Real-time audio input |
No |
Yes |
Yes: multiple microphones, via mixer, or from file |
Audio output |
No |
Yes |
Yes: use laptop's speakers or desktop's speakers via network |
Geolocation: snapshot |
No |
No |
Yes: use own location or location of cat's GPS tag |
Geolocation: continuous |
No |
Yes |
Yes (ditto) |
File chooser |
Yes: select from local/remote file tree |
Yes, if not a snapshot |
Yes: local filesystem, remote cloud filesystem |
Quantity of storage |
Yes: choose size of allocation |
Yes |
Yes (ditto) |
Scanner |
Yes: has "Start" button |
No |
Yes: get image from scanner or from file |
Contact list |
No |
Yes, if not a snapshot |
Yes: for different e-mail accounts (e.g. personal and work accounts) |
Form-filling delivery address |
No |
No |
Yes: multiple addresses |
Payment |
Yes: can confirm amount |
Maybe, if transfer of the payment is deferred |
Yes: multiple bank accounts or credit cards |
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Printer |
Maybe: could provide page selection, settings and print preview |
N/A: one-off |
Yes: multiple printers, local or remote |
Add-event-to-calendar |
Maybe |
N/A: one-off |
Yes: personal vs. group calendars |