[Grub-dev] do we even really need a native client

[jer]

The model you described is scarily close to the one I'll be proposing  
and demonstrating as soon as I get caught up on email.  I've had a  
next-gen prototype working for over a month now and am very happy  
with the model, I'll try to share it here asap :)

On Jan 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Yousef Ourabi wrote:

> So, I'm probably going to get blocked by the spam filters at this  
> rate -- and for future reference I apologize to anyone forced to  
> endure my brain dump.
>
> As I sit here, typing into this gmail inputbox via Firefox after  
> just finishing my rant on why the client should be written in a  
> dynamic language -- the thought occurs to me that perhaps the  
> notion of a native client is very 90's and what we should really be  
> thinking about are browser extensions that implement the same  
> functionality if not more.
>
> [[ Disclaimer: this is not an original idea, I believe the Heretix  
> folks are or were up to something similar with the "Monkeys"  
> project if memory serves correctly ]]
>
> Think of this:
> A Firefox plugin that meets current functionally (gets list of  
> URIs, crawls, creates ARC, puts to grub.org...)
> But also (with user consent / warning) registers new urls with the  
> grub server
>
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