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

[Yousef Ourabi]

Anxiously awaiting commits!

So I take it the server re-write is ready for its first public showing?



On 1/8/08, jer <jeremie at jabber.org> wrote:
>
> 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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