On 3/30/06, Günther Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
> I don't think it's possible to integrate Webapps nicely into any
> desktop system.
> The web somehow got to be the third big platform for application
> interfaces and
> is thus in concurrence with traditional GUI applications and
> applications running
> on text terminals. When looking at the level of integration that
> current desktop
> environments provide for terminal applications, I doubt that trying
> to integrate
> web applications would make much sense. Of course it is possible to a
> certain
> extent, but that's something the web browser should take care of.
Yes, but couldn't we integrate at least some
webapps/websites/webservices in the desktop ? I know for instance that
I'm using dashboard quite a bit, for:
- meteo previsions ;-)
- currency change (pounds/euros)
- babelfish
Instead of going the dashboard way, it would be better to have a
framework that let you easily work ("plug") into a website, and create
a real application around that...
> Comparing GNUstep applications that open URLs with URL-bookmark files
> (like when you drag URLs from Camino to the desktop), I came to the
> conclusion
> that I like the bookmark files more, because I understand them
> instantly and I'm
> not afraid they may be encapsulating something I don't know (and
> maybe don't
> trust).
Hm... I quite like the idea of encapsulating everything into a bundle
actually -- if it can store images (caching..), passwords, etc. I
think it provides a better way of manipulating (some) websites (eg
websites that act like apps) -- doesn't mean that the bookmark need to
disappear. But perhaps I'm wrong, apparently this idea doesn't seem to
fly among people on the ml ;-)
--
Nicolas Roard
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by." -- Douglas Adams
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