On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Bob Arning wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:14:50 +0200 (CEST) Bert Freudenberg <bert at isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de> wrote:
> >Some comments, though (this applies to everyone who wants to create
> >Squeaklets):
> >
> >* You shouldn't use HTTPSocket to get stuff, but 
> >	(FileStream requestURLStream: 'squeak.3ds')
> >  which asks Netscape to fetch the file. You might also look at the 
> >  PluginCodeLoader and PluginHTTPRequest stuff.
> 
> Bert,
> 
> Wouldn't this prevent those squeaklets from being used in Squeak that
> is *not* in a browser?

Well, Squeaklets are intended to be viewed with a browser. OTOH, there's
no definition of a "Squeaklet" yet. For now, it's just some Smalltalk code
that is sent around ...

We could make the #requestURLStream switch to normal fetching when running
in a stand-alone Squeak, though ...

-- Bert