mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All the time i admire Dan's sprinkling creativity i feel there's something to > think about one day. > > It's clear that wwwoffle originally is designed to be a internet proxy for a > multiuser LAN. However, some people, like me (and jidanni), seem to use > wwwoffle for internet reading and other office / archive purposes. > Although browsers offer more and more features this way, wwwoffle seem to > fill a gap for the rather huge database administration. > > My feeling is there may be a general need, and that's a full task on its own. > One day, who knows ?, Andrew might decide to rewrite the whole thing, and > sepearte the tasks anyway. > So why not think about the future right now ? > Modularizing is what i mean. > Making a (standalone) base module managing the proxy thing, with it's own > administraive module, and putting office stuff altogether in a 'internet > desktop module' ? Which could be maintained by Dan....;-)
I agree with you, a local web archive/database that keeps permanent copies of web sites is a full task on its own. There is no need that these features are built into WWWOFFLE. The web site http://www.archive.org/ is not the same program as your web proxy. There is no reason that a local archive server needs to be the same program as your local web proxy (WWWOFFLE). There are people who want to use a local web proxy and there are people who want a local web archive. These two groups are not all the same people. Providing one program that does both tasks means that most people will only be using half of the program. It seems that there is a great need for a local web archiving program. I am surprised that nobody has written one, but that does not mean that I am going to add the features to WWWOFFLE or write one myself. -- Andrew. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/ WWWOFFLE users page: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.7/user.html
