Hi Asiri, You're right about the need to make the user's life easy by providing WebDAV acess right from his browser.
However the last time I tested WebDAV integration I wasn't able to upload files on the XWiki disk from my computer (running Mac OS X 10.5). I'm not sure this issue has been fixed yet, but I think what Paul means is that he'd rather have those kind of basic features working & well-tested first and then afterwards the browser part. So, either the remaining issues have been fixed and Paul & I simply didn't test the latest available version or it might be good to fix them before taclking the FF extension part. Guillaume On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Asiri Rathnayake < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Paul Libbrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Asiri, > > > > does this mean that Windows-Web-Folder and MacOSX-webdav-connection are > > *also* expected to work just not popping up? > > > I'm not clear about what you meant by "just not popping up", but let me > elaborate a bit. > > The current xwiki-webdav implementation already works with > windows-web-folders and mac-osx-webdav-connection. But the problem with > these is that the user needs to leave the browser and perform some setup if > he wishes to work on the files directly. And moreover, webfolders does not > provide the complete filesystem abstraction like webdav redirector on xp, > which requires further complicated setup ( net use * " > http://mydavserver/xwiki/webdav"; ... ). > > The idea is to prevent the user from having to leave the browser and thus > make his life easy. I mean think about a possible extension, we can let the > users edit their wiki pages (not just attachments) using his favorite word > processor! Once he saves the document it will be saved into the server (via > webdav) and the results will be visible immediately. > > I hope i have answered your question correctly. Please let me know if you > have further comments :) > > Thanks. > > - Asiri > > > > I understand the usage of an extension such as foxwiki only in order to > > make this easy but honestly I find copy-and-paste of the URL, adding > > appropriate credientals, is the thing that should and must work before > any > > other. > > > > paul > > > > Le 15-sept.-08 à 20:47, Asiri Rathnayake a écrit : > > > > Hi Devs, > >> > >> From today onwards I'll be working on integrating the xwiki-webdav > plugin > >> in > >> the xwiki ui. And in the process i will resurrect the foxwiki firefox > >> extension as well. > >> > >> By integrating xwiki-webdav on the xwiki ui, we mean to provide the > users > >> the ability to open / edit / save various types of attachments with > their > >> favourite editor. > >> For an example, we'll provide a "open with word" link next to a ".doc" > >> attachment in the attachments section of the UI. When the user clicks on > >> this link it will fire up word and let the user edit the content and > save > >> it > >> back as he/she wishes. > >> > >> Currently this functionality is available natively on IE (phew) and > there > >> isn't much to be done on that. But for this to work on firefox we're > going > >> to have to resurrect the foxwiki extension. So the tentative workplan > >> would > >> be as bellow: > >> > >> * Make foxwiki work with firefox 3 - (Estimated : 2 days - Already > started > >> working on this) > >> * Add the functionality to load the corresponding application (to edit > the > >> attachment) via foxwiki - (Estimated : 3 days ?) > >> * Provide a common javascript API (javascript.vm ?) that can be used to > >> launch an application from pages - (Estimated : ?) > >> * Modify attachments.vm to automatically include the links for editing > >> attachments. > >> > >> These are the goals I currently have in my mind and i'm still bit shaky > >> about some topics myself. If any of you have sugesstions / comments / > >> thoughts please let me know. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> - Asiri > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devs mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://blog.xwiki.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
