> Will [Plucker] be a satisfactory substitute for Avantgo? > Will I be able to get the NY Times, NY Post, etc.? > Is it very difficult to configure, or will I be able to get > it up and running without too much difficulty?
http://www.plkr.org/a-vs-p.html has some comparisons between the two (and also iSilo). Note that plucker is about to release 1.6, so "in CVS" is either already true, or true next week. The main things you will miss are cookies and forms. For the NY Times in particular, you can skip the auth form if you have a cookie, and JPluck lets you use a cookie that was originally set in your web browser. The default python version can not (yet) handle cookies, but it can sort of handle forms as the first page, if you know in advance what you want to send. Forms that you intend to fill out on the palm pilot, and then sync back - plucker cannot do this yet, and probably not for at least several months. If you want to test for yourself, you can do that with the HandSpring and Desktop 2.6.3. As Dave P. pointed out, you can usually tell by the size whether it worked (anything over 2K is probably real). The viewer itself is much smaller than AvantGo, and you can install individual channels just like you would install a new application (not even needing the desktop), to see if you like it. (The conduit makes things easier, but you don't need it for plucker.) -jJ _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
