Browser plugin webspace proposal
Karl Ramberg
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Fri Sep 8 08:06:40 UTC 2000
russell.allen at firebirdmedia.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I recently played with the Squeak webbrowser plugins, and *really* like
> what I am seeing. I'm sure that everyone else understands their
> potential (probably better then I do).
>
> I have a server (simple midrange pentium running Red Hat Linux) which I
> am not doing much with, as the reason I got it didn't eventuate.
> Currently it is running a couple of small sites off zope (which is an
> excellent environment, btw).
>
> What I am thinking of doing is making space on this machine available
> for squeaklets (however we define them...) ie people can get an account
> a la geocities, and use the space to put up innovative multimedia squeak
> stuff(TM). The site would also provide a point to download installers
> for the plugins, a directory of squeak enabled sites, documentation for
> creating squeaklets and so on.
>
> Before I start, however, there are a couple of questions:
>
> + would anyone be interested in using a site like this?
>
> + would anyone be interested in helping me with this site?
>
> + what services should be available? To make the best squeaklets, some
> sort of server side will be neccessary to balance the client side. I am
> willing to give as much server control as is possible subject to
> security and resource issues. What should this mean in practice? What
> is a squeaklet likely to need server side?
>
> I also need a domain name (suggestion anyone?).
>
> So, what do you think?
>
> Russell
A swiki with squeaklets would be cool. What would that require ?
Is the <embed> and I.E equivalent <object> already possible on the swiki ?
Also a permanent nebraska server would be way cool...
Karl
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