If you have experience with browser plugins, and want to write one, a useful one would be to provide full support for freenet: URIs. Some of that can be done with javascript, but iirc not all of it can.
Evan Daniel On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Ximin Luo <xl269 at cam.ac.uk> wrote: > On 03/25/2010 10:59 PM, Kyle Messner wrote: >> People are usually a little apprehensive about installing new applications >> on their computer, I don't blame them. Who wants to bloat up their computer >> with useless software (not that freenet falls in this category, but >> generally many programs do). But a browser-plug in? Sure, why not, one >> click, I let my browser do it's thing, and poof, I have added functionality >> to my computer. So I thought, "Why not develop a firefox plug-in that allows >> users access to a lot of freenet's functionality?" > > Currently, freenet runs as a background service, with a local web interface to > be accessed through your browser - if I understood you right, you want to move > the service into a browser plugin? Sorry, but this is definitely not feasible > - > there is far too much to implement. Even if it was, I'm not sure if it's such > a > good idea - firefox isn't exactly the lightest of browsers, freenet isn't > light > either; a plugin would slow the performance of both considerably. > > That said, you seem to be very enthusiastic about the project and its ideals - > maybe you'd be interested in a different proposal idea? We do have an ideas > page; feel free to just lift stuff straight off it: > > http://new-wiki.freenetproject.org/Google_Summer_of_Code/2010 > > Again, sorry if this email seems abrupt, I definitely don't intend for you to > feel discouraged - there is plenty of stuff for you to pick and do - I just > thought I'd give a quick reply so that you don't waste your time chasing the > path you suggested. > > X > >> So there it is, there's my idea. I'd like to implement as much of the >> freenet features as possible as a browser plug-in to firefox. The most >> important features I'd like to implement are viewing freenet sites, using >> the email client, and using the message service, although I'd like to get to >> as many as I can. I'd like to know what Freenet thinks of this idea, and if >> they think it would be a feasible GSoC project to propose. >> >> A little more about me. I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year in >> pursuit of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (hopefully move on to my >> master's after). I'm very passionate about software design, especially in >> the world of open-source (although I believe proprietary software has its >> place, too). I have some experience with C++ and JavaScript, most of my >> experience lies with Java, Visual C#, and Visual Basic (I also had 5 >> semesters of Pascal in high school which helped teach me many fundamental >> concepts about programming). I'm a quick learner, and self-teacher. >> Developing software for an open-source project sounds like an ideal summer >> job to me :) >> >> Look forward to hearing back, >> Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://osprey.vm.bytemark.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
