[J-ftp-devel] mozilla embedding

[<han...@t-...>]

Hi!

Yes, timestamping would be a nice feature, we've got other things to do 
first, too
So i'll drop this idea for some time (maybe until there's a better 
alternative)

Greetings, david


- Georg Dembowski - wrote:

> Hi!
>
>> Especially embedding the mozilla engine using the webclient api 
>> sounds interesting. It should be quite easy to implement full web 
>> browser functionality once the first page has been rendered, although 
>> it would bloat the binary a lot and to make it optional is to make it 
>> useless.
>>
>> So please tell me what you think would be best, stay with file io or 
>> try to implement views for other protocols, too?
>
>
>
> IMHO: I think that there are enough browsers in the world, one more 
> wont be of big use for anybody. Those developing a browser shall 
> concentrate on rendering pages and jftp shall focus on file io. As a 
> result, we will have a pretty good browser and a great jftp instead of 
> two medium enabled file-io-browsers.
>
> As far as I remember, there is a java Mozilla project. _IF_ any 
> integration of jftp with www-interfaced ftp-search engines is desired, 
> why not this way: Mozilla handles the search page etc. and when a 
> desired file is found, jftp works as the ftp and dowload-manager part 
> of this java Mozilla.
>
> For me, personally, some semi-automated update feature (highlighting 
> files with different timestamps/sizes/CRCs on HDD and FTP-Server, like 
> comparator [SoftByteLabs.com] does locally, combined with visual file 
> diff down to the level of single characters) would be of much bigger 
> use than page rendering...as there is no integrated, free and 
> FTP-enabled software for synchronisation (AFAIK at least).
>
> So long, have a nice Whitsun, Georg
>
>
>
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