Webified: Difference between revisions

# Webified SSB can load a website (hello world)

:: Requires:  

::: - getting more familiar with Sugar and Browse code

::: - building the Webified SSB.

:: '''Week 1'''

# Both Browse and Webified SSB can use GMail in offline mode (through Gears)

:: Requires:  

::: - getting the Firefox Gears extension working in Browse and the Webified SSB

:: '''Week 2, at worst 3'''

# Browse (with its utility extension) can successfully "sugarize" GMail and the resulting activity works.

:: Requires:

::: - activity template as host for the Webified SSB

:::: '''Week 3'''

::: - python tool that packages up activities, using the activity template

:::: '''Week 3, at worst 4'''

::: - button in Browse that uses the python tool

:::: '''Week 4'''

# JavaScript from inside a Webified SSB can call dbus stuff

:: Dbus is vital for good integration, but there may not be enough time in GSoC for making a nice JavaScript-side API. So I will at least provide a javascript-dbus bridge that web developers can build on.

:: Requires investigating:

::: - [http://sandbox.movial.com/wiki/index.php/Browser_DBus_Bridge#Gecko_version_notes This] javascript-dbus bridge

::: - if that is not appropriate, try marshalling calls to Python with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-RPC JSON-RPC]

:::: - through PyXPCOM (hulahop). almost as good as a direct bridge

:::: - through AJAX. sounds like the easiest way, but doing some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting XSS] would be needed

:: '''Week 5'''

# Webified SSB can save and resume its state with the Journal.

:: Save & resume the browser state. possibilities:

::: - just save the URL. It may be slower to resume and in fact loses some state, but it should be enough for most cases.

::: - save the HTML structure. May have trouble with running scripts.

::: - pickle the WebView. I'm not sure it works, but it may be the  

:: Save & resume Gears state

::: - do nothing. Gears provides resuming state. The only real drawback is that only the latest version will be available to resume. No actual data would be stored in the Journal.

::: - save the entire Gears profile. Could be very slow for large profiles.

::: - save just the sqlite database. Could be very slow for large databasesc (GMail).

# Build a JavaScript-side API for basic functionality that cannot be achieved easily with HTML and Gears

:: - similar in concept to [http://fluidapp.com/developer/ Fluid's], but tailored for Sugar.

:: - based on the javascript-dbus bridge

# Webified SSB can run a userscript (GreaseMonkey)

:: Should be as easy as injecting some JavaScript in the page

:: a GUI like the one GreaseMonkey has is outside the scope of this project

:: there will be instructions for how to add/remove userscripts

# Webified SSB can use a userstyle (CSS)

:: again, should be just injecting some CSS

:: again, no GUI will be provided, just instructions