<div dir="ltr">"This discussion should move to devel@l.o, as it refers to software<br>
running on the laptop, not the server."<br><br>I disagree. The Gears plugin may run on the laptop, but all the code of the application ( javscript and the php that generates it) is executed and maintained on the server: Moodle in this case.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:08 PM, John Watlington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wad@laptop.org">wad@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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This discussion should move to devel@l.o, as it refers to software<br>
running on the laptop, not the server.<br>
<br>
Some context for my comment: I had told them that we were<br>
working with schools that were completely offline (although<br>
with servers). The problem might have been a mismatch with<br>
their business model more than a mismatch of technologies.<br>
<br>
I'm looking for the name/address of the software architect I was<br>
speaking to. But, SJ already brought up this question on devel<br>
back in February, and cc'ed a gears developer (attached).<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
wad<br>
<br>
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From: "Samuel Klein" <<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org" target="_blank">sj@laptop.org</a>><br>
Date: February 16, 2008 1:21:36 PM EST<br>
To: "edward baafi" <<a href="mailto:edwardbaafi@gmail.com" target="_blank">edwardbaafi@gmail.com</a>>, "OLPC Devel" <<a href="mailto:devel@laptop.org" target="_blank">devel@laptop.org</a>><br>
Cc: Ben Lisbakken <<a href="mailto:lisbakke@google.com" target="_blank">lisbakke@google.com</a>>, Luke Closs <<a href="mailto:luke.closs@socialtext.com" target="_blank">luke.closs@socialtext.com</a>>, Marco Pesenti Gritti <<a href="mailto:mpg@redhat.com" target="_blank">mpg@redhat.com</a>>, Dan Bricklin <<a href="mailto:danb@bricklin.com" target="_blank">danb@bricklin.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: using the browser as an activity platform : pyxpcom / hulahop / Gears<br>
<br>
The core use here is being able to use the browser as activity<br>
platform -- letting web developers good at JS code and test on most<br>
any platform, and develop something that can be a first-class activity<br>
within Sugar. One example is Dan's javascript spreadsheet, anothe ris<br>
a dynamic library (see for instance<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Dynamic_library" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Dynamic_library</a>), another is an existing web<br>
service online that one might want to run locally.<br>
<br>
In addition to pyxpcom, let me add Google Gears as a useful piece of<br>
this platform, especially when offering local use of popular online<br>
tools. Off the top of my head, MediaWiki, MindMeister, I copy Ben<br>
Lisbakken, a gears maintainer, who reports that there is a Gears patch<br>
to make it work without extension support... Ben, I'll also introduce<br>
you to marcopg separately.<br>
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