[maemo-developers] web based local application GUIs

[From: monteslu at cox.net]

Meanwhile, Microsoft teamed with Sprint 3 months ago to provide web applications that are location aware:
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=18020

The same sort of thing is attainable on an N810 using open standards when the connection is live, but the point still stands that the local service should be available offline.




---- Jesse Guardiani <jesse at guardiani.us> wrote: 
> that's typically an indicator that it needs to be fixed.
> 
> On 11/27/07, Allan Doyle <afdoyle at mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 27, 2007, at 16:31 , <monteslu at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > ---- Jesse Guardiani <jesse at guardiani.us> wrote:
> > >> On 11/27/07, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue 27 Nov 2007 16:27, "Jesse Guardiani" <jesse at guardiani.us>
> > >>> writes:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 11/27/07, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>    On Mon 26 Nov 2007 22:16, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com>
> > >>> writes:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> What's wrong with something that runs on-demand?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>    A separate gui client which starts the server and browser on
> > >>> demand?...but
> > >>>>    LISCDNWiOM!! ;)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> lol. what? :)
> > >>>
> > >>> localhost inet sockets do not work in offline mode.
> > >>>
> > >>> Which, btw, is pretty weird (IMHO). I have not seen this behaviour
> > >>> in any
> > >>> other unix system; results of "ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1" has
> > >>> preserved over
> > >>> changes in any other interfaces (static and dynamic).
> > >>>
> > >>> Why can not the loopback interface be up all the time ??
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Yeah, well, I guess that rules out web interfaces for userland
> > >> applications,
> > >> eh? shame...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jesse Guardiani
> > >> Software Developer / Sys Admin
> > >> jesse at guardiani.us
> > >
> > >
> > > Sounds more like a bug that needs fixing rather than something to
> > > rule out.
> > >
> > > Luis
> > >
> >
> > This has been an issue for a long time:
> > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339
> > http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-May/010076.html
> >
> > I guess this thread is doomed to recur every 6 months or so...
> >
> > 	Allan
> > >
> >
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