Hi,
I've written a concept of how we could use the same user interface on
the web and for the stand-alone version. It's at
http://wiki.languagetool.org/using-web-technologies-for-the-local-user-interface-concept
but I'm also pasting it here. Feedback is welcome. Currently the status
is that I like the idea, but it's a lot of work and I probably won't
have time for it:
This is a rough concept for using web technologies for the local user
interface, replacing the Swing-based user interface. The basic idea is
this:
The user downloads the software
They start languagetool-standalone.jar
A local webserver is started on port 8080 (other ports are tried
automatically if 8080 is used already)
The user's default web browser is started, showing
http://localhost:8080, which looks a lot like languagetool.org today but
with more features (set mother tongue, activate/deactivate rules, …)
When the user checks a text, the API running at
http://localhost:8080 is used
No features would be lost compared to before, as there's still the
server part running which can e.g. store configuration files or show an
LT icon in the task bar. In other words, we're not limited by what
Javascript can do. Privacy is as good as with the old stand-alone
version, as no personal data leaves the user's computer.
What's good about this?
We'd be using the same technology for the stand-alone client and the
web interface
By doing so, the interface at languagetool.org would become
complete, features like rule configuration would be added
We'd be using technologies that are more widespread among developers
than Swing is
It's easy to add a "remote" mode, where a different LT server is
used instead of the local one (e.g. to take advantage of the ngram data
which is available on languagetool.org, but usually not locally)
What's bad about this?
HTML + Javascript + CSS + server part is at least as complex as
Swing
It's a lot of work
Status
There's an incomplete prototype implementation, see page attachments
(http://wiki.languagetool.org/using-web-technologies-for-the-local-user-interface-concept).
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