> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Noah Kantrowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pygame-users@seul.org > Subject: RE: [pygame] pygame web plugin > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:44:53 -0700 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of yanom @linuxmail.org > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:55 PM > > To: pygame-users@seul.org > > Subject: Re: [pygame] pygame web plugin > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: pygame-users@seul.org > > > Subject: [pygame] pygame web plugin > > > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 02:07:08 +0200 > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > i would like to bring up this topic again since a python based open > > source > > > alternative to flash which could be used to create browser games > > would > > > be super awesome. :) > > > > > > if i understand this correctly then the main problem of something > > like that > > > is security. > > > > > > i noticed on the blender mailing list that someone started to revive > > the > > > blender game engine web plugin. they use python too and apparently > > they have > > > found a way to sandbox python. > > > > > > http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2008- > > August/021660.html > > > > > > what do you think about this? > > > wouldn't a web plugin be a big opportunity for pygame? > > > i am no expert on all of this though... maybe making a web version of > > > pygame is totally unfeasible? > > > > > > > I don't know much about servers and the like, but here is my theory ( > > It would be more like Java Web Start than a pulgin ): > > > > users should download python, along with another tool that i would call > > Python Web Start (PWS). To use online applications, they would execute > > PWS and enter the URL of the desired web application into PWS. PWS > > would then present a list of all of the PWS apps available on that > > site. Once the user choose one, PWS would download a main python > > script, along with any dependancies, to a temperary folder in the PWS > > directory. (PWS apps would only be alowed to access their own private > > subfolder in the temp. folder without direct user permission). PWS > > would then execute the main script using python. > > This is a very bad idea. If you need to ask why, you shouldn't be trying to > build a web-based VM. > > --Noah
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