Hi Dan,
I'm the lead developer for Weave. We've had our eyes on XMPP for some
time now, but don't currently use it for much. We did write a basic
XMPP stack which allows us to pass around basic notifications for
sharing ('so-and-so has shared bookmarks with you, click here to
accept', that kind of thing), but will likely switch a more mature one
soon (JSJaC looks promising).
Down the line, we want to explore with using XMPP to move around the
actual data. Currently we use WebDAV (mostly just GET, PUT, LOCK) to
do that.
We're not yet to the point where we can spend a lot of time on XMPP
integration, but we'd welcome any help / insight anyone might have.
Dan
On Jul 10, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Dan Brickley wrote:
Very intriguing,
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080702-first-look-mozilla-weave-0-2-puts-firefox-in-the-cloud.html
Excerpted below. --danbri
[[
Mozilla Labs has announced the availability of Weave 0.2, the third
major release of its experimental Firefox synchronization add-on.
This version brings a broader feature set, improved reliability, and
streamlined notification support. Although it is still in the early
testing stage, Weave is already effective and easy to use.
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When Mozilla launched Weave in December, the add-on offered basic
support for storing the user's Firefox bookmarks and history in the
cloud, allowing the synchronization of the data between computers.
The latest version extends this functionality to also cover cookies,
passwords, tabs, and form contents. Future versions will go further
and also support synchronizing the user's extensions, themes, and
search plugins. Mozilla intends to eventually implement an API that
will enable third-party Firefox extensions to leverage Weave's
synchronization capabilities for other kinds of user data.
... ...
This version also uses a more elaborate key system that will make it
possible for users to securely share their bookmarks with other
users. The UI for configuring sharing isn't operational yet, and the
current security model only facilitates an all-or-nothing approach
to sharing, but future versions will provide a higher level of
granularity. The developers also intend to implement a notification
system for sharing on top of the XMPP protocol.
]]
