Re: A story and some new software

["Charles Goodier" <charlie@doid.com>]

--- In syndication@y..., asynch_messaging@h... wrote:
> --- In syndication@y..., Julian Bond <julian_bond@v...> wrote:
> > 
> > For "The average Joe", maybe it's time to resurrect Pointcast.
> > 
> Here's a little toy you can play with that KnowNow messaging to 
build 
> a 'pointcast' in a browser without a client download:
> 
> http://www.xmldatasource.com:8000/kn_apps/knownews/
> 
> You can publish items through here:
> http://www.xmldatasource.com:8000/kn_apps/knownews/add.html
> 
> To view a particular topic, add the uri as a parameter:
> 
http://www.xmldatasource.com:8000/kn_apps/knownews/?/topiczero.com/new
> s
> 
> 
> 
> Go ahead and deconstruct the html & javascript. If you want to 
modify 
> it or write your own let me know & I'll put up a location you can 
> WebDAV to & make your client public.
> 
> Conditions of Use:
>  - no guarantee that this will be up 24x7
>  - no permissions yet, anybody can post anything
>  - no pre-arranged topic heirarchy - go ahead and prepend your 
domain 
> name (like '/scripting.com/news/blather')
>  - don't spam the system. I won't be angry, just very, very 
> disappointed.
> 
> This is hackware - 2 hours of html/javascript - so there are an 
> infinite number of missing features.
> 
> have fun
> 
> A.M.


Hey A.M,

That's great that there's another KnowNow router in the wild - I also 
run one [1] where people are free to check the scripts.

Webav might be a good idea, I'm not really qualified to say, but one 
of the attractions of javascript is the ability to cut 'n' paste 'n' 
save it. Maybe we should discuss this somewhere else, or offlist. I 
should say that I'm mainly interested in getting it working with 
software like Radio, and I'll make a post in radio-features [2] 
or somewhere when I'm more sure what I think should be done.