for an eyecandy application, you might want to consider integrating with something like eyeos (eyeos.org) or similar php based systems.
eyeos seems quite interesting, thanks for the pointer. Another interesting application that is possible is a drawterm plugin for firefox that uses Angled.
have you compared its performance to webdav?
I don't have any numbers with me, but I would expect 9P to work faster than WebDAV since 9P works one layer below HTTP. Implementation details aside, header-overhead in itself makes WebDAV a less of a competitor.
-- Anant
