20 Dec
2002
20 Dec
'02
10:49 a.m.
On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 07:18 AM, Steve Harris wrote:
Dedicated clients are bad, this can be made to work in
a browser
easily.
Thank you for the reply.
That's one vote for a browser instead of a client. Like I said
previously, it would be best to make all of this work server-side
before really starting on a client. However, like I also said
previously, it seems to me that a client could really be a killer app,
if it's done correctly. It would, however, not be required.
It wouldn't be hard to add a script to the server
to make it produce
preview versions of the file.
That was my thought as well. Best to do as much as possible on the
server side, I think.
I can donate bandwidth, server space, metadata and/or
database
experience,
but not much time :(
That's the second offer to help. :) Thank you.
Since this is in planning, I think database and metadata experience
would be valuable. We can worry about bandwidth and server space for
mirrors when there's a beta of the system ready to deploy.
I have a two-week shutdown at work that I have to make my way through,
starting on Monday. I had hoped to spend that time in Michigan with
family, but if for some reason (involving the recent purchase of a
home) that doesn't happen, I'll have plenty of time to work on this.
I would also like to thank everyone for their support and ideas. This
is something that could really take off. Exciting, isn't it? :)
Regards,
Darren Landrum