I'm very interested in being able to package TW5 up as a Mac/Windows application that (a) embeds node.js to run the web server version of TW and (b) embeds WebKit to handle display (c) talks to special browser extensions for Chrome/Firefox/Safari that let you snip content into your TiddlyWiki. Such a thing would approach the ease of use of conventional apps, and escape the limitations of our browser hacks for local file saving.
I have seen a few interesting experiments in this area: https://github.com/maccman/macgap Best wishes Jeremy On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:01 AM, perlguy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Inherent contradiction there. TW's current (soon to be called "legacy" I >> guess) implementation's storage model doesn't fit with modern browsers' >> tighter security. > > true... which is why I'm hoping that sometime soon, we have a platform > independent desktop web-app engine... which I hope is firefox or > chrome based, given their ubiquity. > >> The FOSS project upstream of Chrome has a Prism analog in the works, but I >> imagine it will only work well with the future TW "NG". > > I'm having some initial success with the current xulrunner (10.0), the > included "first_browser" sample, and running the current release of > TW, even saving without requiring the java applet. If I can just > manage to tweak it so that links launch using the default browser, > instead of internally, I'll be happy with it... and will gladly put it > on github or the like. > >> I have some legacy apps with very important data I haven't got around to >> converting that I run in a VM when needed - a pain to get set up, but now >> it's just like launching "just another app" - not much bigger or slower >> than launching something like Photoshop (or a fully loaded FF 8-) either. > > Heh... thankfully, with TW, I didn't have to resort to such tactics... > I just use the latest firefox... not my personal ideal, but perfectly > usable. I hope I don't ever run into anything for personal use that > requires me to run a Linux VM, for those reasons at least. I already > run one for XP, for those times when it's impossible to do something > in FF/Chrome under Linux. I manage systems for a living, which I > really enjoy... but I'd rather not spend any more time off-hours than > I have to, maintaining yet another. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
