> I am interested in simplifying the user experience with Plucker by 
> having server-side distilling.
> 

For who particularly?  For content which you specify?  An implementation
for a company intranet with relatively fixed content which all users
share can be cobbled together relatively simply.  The server would
compile the pdbs at fixed intervals and you can have a script on the
users machine download and install them at sync time.

If you are just thinking a general service for anyone to use for any
content they like, it gets just a _bit_ more complicated.

> I've read over all of the development archives and read the user manual, 
> so don't think I've missed anything, but can't find anything that says 
> this is currently possible.
> 

There's no current implementations, but anything's possible if you're
willing to code it. ;)

If the point is to make things as simple as possible for normal users,
why not just configure the users' distiller so they don't have to
interact with it at all?  There are already conduits for Plucker desktop
and JPluck which will grab content on a schedule and install it on sync
time.  IMO, where Plucker is really lacking is  getting the channel info
from a browser/etc. into the distiller software in one click.  Solve
this and you can prepackage a distiller which will hide everything else
from the user.

Unless you're hoping to start a website which will offer this service. 
Check the list archives for messages about my.plkr.org and PODS for some
of the potential problems there...

-- 
Dave Maddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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