Re: Using the GNOME Desktop to access web accounts.

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM>]

Thanks everyone for replying to my query related to WebDAV. I will forward your posts back to the end-user, there might be enough here to give them a lead. 

Pat

> Message: 2
> Subject: Re: Using the GNOME Desktop to access web accounts.
> From: Martin Grimme <martin pycage de>
> To: Patrick Costello Sun COM
> Cc: desktop-devel-list gnome org, usability gnome org
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:15:59 +0100
> 
> Am Mo, den 24.11.2003 schrieb Pat Costello um 18:51:
> > Can you do this w/GNOME, or if not, is something like this in the works?"
> 
> Actually, this is WebDAV and MS calls this WebFolders. It is an
> backwards-compatible extension to the HTTP protocol and is
> handled by gnomevfs through the http handler. It doesn't work
> very stable in nautilus atm, and is not comprehensive.
> If you access a WebDAV folder with nautilus it will recognize it
> and show you files instead of a web-page.
> 
> Martin
> 
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> Message: 3
> Subject: Re: Using the GNOME Desktop to access web accounts.
> From: Fred Smith <fps dividedsky net>
> To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Cc: usability gnome org
> Organization: Divided Sky Internet
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:31:13 -0500
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> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 13:15, Martin Grimme wrote:
> > Am Mo, den 24.11.2003 schrieb Pat Costello um 18:51:
> > > Can you do this w/GNOME, or if not, is something like this in the works=
> ?"
> >=20
> > Actually, this is WebDAV and MS calls this WebFolders. It is an
> > backwards-compatible extension to the HTTP protocol and is
> > handled by gnomevfs through the http handler. It doesn't work
> > very stable in nautilus atm, and is not comprehensive.
> > If you access a WebDAV folder with nautilus it will recognize it
> > and show you files instead of a web-page.
> 
> Nautilus's webdav support is actually very good.  I use it constantly
> and have only found one major bug dealing with uploading very large
> files (it copies the entire file into memory before it uploads it;=20
> uploading a 1 GB file from a system with less than 1 GB of RAM/Swap
> causes nautilus to lock.)  I'd say it's on par with Microsoft's support
> (since it too has a number of show-stopping bugs), and almost as good as
> Apple's.
> 
> 
> Message: 4
> Subject: Re: [Usability] Using the GNOME Desktop to access web accounts.
> From: "Luca Cappelletti Infodomestic.com" <luca cappelletti infodomestic com>
> To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Organization: Infodomestic.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:52:34 +0000
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> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 17:51, Pat Costello wrote:
> > I got the following comment from an end-user:=20
> >=20
> > "Could you tell me something about GNOME. With M*soft you are able to acc=
> ess files via a Web browser. So no matter where you are in the world, you c=
> an store your files in location X, and then be able to access them. This is=
>  good for virtual teams who need to access files from wherever they sit, an=
> d also for business travelers.
> >=20
> > Can you do this w/GNOME, or if not, is something like this in the works?"
> >=20
> > Any views on this comment?
> >=20
> > Pat
> 
> Hello Pat,
> If this end-user means WebDAV client access...then you know that we can
> access remote WebDAV resources with Nautilus too.
> If this end-user means that with M$ you can serve a WebDAV
> session...then...you know that with Apache or Zope or something else you
> can Build a fully functional WebDAV server upon a GNU system.
> Probably I didn't understand well this post?
> 
> Say your end-user to access with Nautilus http://www.zope.org and...
> believe to your eyes...
> I use this technology everyday...and it simply run well!!
> Nautilus give me resources transparently...
> 
> Bye,
> Luca Cappelletti