Hi Guillaume, On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 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 May I know when was this ? Thanks. - Asiri > 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 > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
