Posted by lexhung on August 9, 2006 at 12:03pm
There is one thing that I have to say that is the progress is quite slow. Most of the code written was refactoring and organizing the interface. Below are some notes:
- I have made an XPI file. It's still a prototype. I think I'll need a lot of time before I can turning it to something useful. I also plan to drop support for remote xul with the subsequence version because there're some functions that need to be done in full priviledge mode (such as settings persistent, access to files, etc ...).
- Help needed : Is there any tip of writing Drupal's RPC interface? It's quite time consuming as I have to dig through the code and find wich snippet to copy and modify. There's not many cases where just some function calls is enough. The rpc interface can be done this way but I fear that there will be a lot of redundant code.
- I have found a way to implement modules in XUL. It's just semi-automatic, but it will reduce the time to implement new function.
- I need some suggestion with the interface. A friend of mine said that it's too complicated and only suitable for power user.
That's all I may say for now. I'll try to give more updates soon.
Comments
Slow progress is still progress
Your work has been steady throughout the summer, as far as I can tell, and you had a great head start to begin with. We need to publicize your work more so that a larger portion of the community can be involved in testing and using it.
I wouldn't worry about the
I wouldn't worry about the interface too much. This tool is going to be a power user anyway.
I'd improve the install instructions somewhat, though "Drag drupman\xul\chrome\content\mainwindow.xul onto Firefox." I've no idea what you want me to do. :p
even after getting myself a graphical file browser, firefox won't do anything after I drag the file on it.