On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:29 AM, ecyrbe <ecy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi jasper... are you really sure you want to have an http daemon just for > updating an extension? > why can't you have : > - a cron task for polling update check > - get the shell write to a cookie write the currently installed extensions > - use a javascript code for analysing the cookie information and showing > accordingly the information on the browser
The HTTP daemon isn't for updating extensions, it's the DBus proxy for installing, enabling and disabling extensions. I've detailed above why it's necessary. > because having a webserver just for this is a terrible idea... you can use > already provided running system daemons to do the job, > i really don't think that you need another one. i think that a http server > is overkill for this job. > > can't we have a litle brainstorming on this list to come with a better > solution? > > 2011/6/22 Jasper St. Pierre <jstpie...@mecheye.net> >> >> The problem isn't getting data from the browser to the Shell, it's >> getting data from the Shell to the browser. >> >> mime types, URL handlers, and thousands of other clever hacks don't >> allow two-way communication. I want to have a button that says >> "Enable" or "Disable" based on the current state of the Shell. None of >> those hacks let me do this. >> >> Building a server (could be WebSockets) that the browser can talk to >> is the only browser-agnostic solution AFAIK. >> >> Other solutions include modifying the cookies/HTML5 storage of known >> browsers or a native extensions. >> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Olav Vitters <o...@vitters.nl> wrote: >> > Random thoughts: >> > 1. MIME type still seems nicer >> > 2. Would it be possible to have a custom URL handler? >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Olav >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jasper >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
