#4432 NORM Never A: web-activity: Should use 'ay' rather than Base64 for thumbnails

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#4432: web-activity: Should use 'ay' rather than Base64 for thumbnails
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 Reporter:  smcv         |       Owner:  marco         
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  web browser  |     Version:                
 Keywords:               |    Verified:  0             
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 D-Bus can transfer arbitrary binary data using the byte array type
 (signature 'ay'). Messenger.send_link and Messenger._add_link should use
 that rather than Base64'ing the thumbnail.

 The D-Bus methods and signals would also be better named according to
 D-Bus convention - names are CamelCase, methods are verbs, signals are
 noun events - as something like:

     method SynchronizeLinks(as) -> ass (formerly sync_with_members)

     method NotifyOfLink(ssssssd) -> nothing (formerly send_link)

     signal LinkAdded(sssssd)

 The D-Bus API seems a bit weird - I'll look at what it does/needs to do
 and see if I can simplify it. (I plan to go round all the core activities
 fixing up their D-Bus Tubes API.)

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4432>
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