Running Squeak apps off the net

jennyw jennyw at dangerousideas.com
Mon Mar 31 00:45:22 UTC 2003


On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:41:39PM -0800, Ned Konz wrote:
> Yes, this works.
> 
> There are two modes for this.
> 
> First, you can run Squeak inside a web browser. Look at 
> www.squeakland.org for a quick installation. You have a Squeak image 
> and VM (as a browser plugin), and then you can run Squeak projects 
> that are on the net.

Hmm, not exactly what I was thinking of, but I guess that works.  That's not 
something that's unique to Squeak, though, is it? Java applets would work the same 
way, without a plugin.

> Second, you can load and run external projects.
> 
> You're probably safer using the browser plugin, though; there's a 
> security model that it implements that makes it more difficult to 
> damage anything on your machine.

You mean via SqueakMap? Or is there a way to provide a URL or something to a Squeak 
project?  I assume the security model thing is something that's being worked on in 
regular Squeak, too, not just the plugin?

What would be really neat for me is to be able to run an app. that will always 
update itself to the newest version -- ideally not in a Web browser.

Thanks!

Jen



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