On Wednesday 26 August 2009 20:57:25 Artefact2 wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 04:21:40PM +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > On Monday 17 August 2009 19:58:29 Artefact2 wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 08:38:00PM +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > > Should we link to any more Freenet apps maintained anonymously on > > > > the default bookmarks? E.g. what is jFreesite, is it worth > > > > linking to? What about pyFreenetHg? What about this new > > > > IRC-over-Freenet thing people are telling me about? Etc... > > > > > > Hello toad_, and sorry for responding to that old message (I just read > > > it for the first time today). > > > > I have absolutely no issue with responding to old messages. :) > > > > > > Well, I am the author of jFreesite. So jFreesite is not maintained > > > anonymously. I created a repo on Github so anyone can grab the source. > > > I also put the jars on the Freenet network, in case grabbing the sources > > > from github might be dangerous (that might reveal you use Freenet). > > > > Okay, so we can link to it, and we should maybe think about reviewing and > > publishing it on the website sometime. > > > > > > Well, I'm not currently improving jFreesite right now because it is > > > usable and have the features I need. I don't want to make jFreesite a > > > heavy app. There must still be bugs, I guess. But AFAIK I solved > > > anything I encountered while I was testing and debugging my app. FCP > > > support might be improved, but it works ATM. > > > > > > So, if you want to include a link in FProxy's "Insert" page, or just > > > talk about it on the website, why not. If you trust me enough, you can > > > test it. If you don't want to, it's just a simpler, easier to use > > > Thingamablog (and it makes any type of freesites, not only flogs). > > > > > Fascinating... What we really need in this area IMHO is a web-based > > blogging interface: > > - It must be as easy to use for a newbie as the centralised blogging sites, > > for writing blogs. > > - It must support basic blog features - sort by date, tags, etc. > > - It must have a web interface so it can integrate into fred as a plugin, > > and add itself to the Browse menu. IMHO this is important, and > > http://freenet.uservoice.com/ seems to agree. > > - It should have at least two themes, and the default should look > > reasonable. > > - It must support embedding pictures, linking to other freesites, and > > linking to arbitrary files. Eventually we will have embedded video, but > > that will require more work on other parts of fred. > > - *Eventually* it will need integration with Freetalk, for posting > > comments, for announcing it in the first place, and maybe for the whole > > blog to be just showing somebody's top level posts... But p0s has a lot of > > work to do on Freetalk/WoT, and IMHO the earlier we have an easy to use > > blog tool integrated into the UI the better. > > > > IMHO this would not be a big job, maybe a couple of days for a reasonably > > competent programmer, and it would both improve user retention and result > > in more freesites being published. I have a similar system in 800 lines of > > php sent to me by an associate, so it's really not hard. We should still > > link to the third party tools as alternatives, of course. > > > > When you're not busy with writing fred themes, would you be interested? > > Yeah, sounds fun. But i guess i'll take some time. > It'll take a lot more time if it has to wait for me to get around to doing it. :)
But by all means concentrate on the UI stuff you've been doing lately for the time being, imho it's very helpful. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20090827/5bff9f0f/attachment.pgp>
