On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Alessandro Crismani <alessandro.crism...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi James, > > Il giorno gio, 23/06/2011 alle 04.35 -0400, Jasper St. Pierre ha > scritto: >> The only browser-agnostic way to do this is >> to basically be a website.. that means running a simple HTTP daemon. > > The following might be really stupid and newbie questions, but I am > worried by having an unwanted HTTP daemon on my system so I'll fire them > anyway :) > > Is the HTTP daemon optional? Saying it in another way, can I still > install extensions the old way and completely disable the HTTP service > and the one click installation platform?
Sure. > Is the HTTP server a proper HTTP server, that means reachable by other > hosts on my network? Hope the answer is no :) > > I am asking this because my University explicitly prohibits running > servers on our computers and I do not want to have troubles. Ouch. Just to let you know it will *not* be network accessible, and will only be bound to localhost. It's still a proper HTTP server, but not accessible to anybody else but your machine. > I'm worried by the case where the daemon cannot be disabled. Why should > I want an HTTP server on a desktop PC? I understand the benefits given > by the easiness of installing extensions with one click, but what if I > do not need them and prefer a server free machine? PLease make it > optional :) It's entirely optional. > I hope this mail doesn't seem rude, it is not intended. Not rude at all. > Cheers, > Alessandro > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
