Re: Add Network Neighborhood to Nautilus

[Abe Fettig <abe fettig net>]

Since I don't think anyone else has mentioned it here yet, I will:

KDE has a cool program called LISa, that does most of the things people
have been talking about here - discovering servers on your LAN, figuring
out what protocols they support, etc.

http://lisa-home.sourceforge.net/main.html

Abe

On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 01:04, Darryl Rees wrote:
> David Moles wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 08:32, snickell stanford edu wrote:
> >
> >>I'm not sure of the implementation feasibility (do all interesting
> >>protocols allow us to determine a unique identifier, say IP address, for
> >>the machine sharing resources, so we don't get computers showing up
> >>twice?), but I generally like the idea of making protocol less visible
> >>here. You're right, the user wants to access a particular resource not
> >>"use SMB" or "use AppleTalk". There might also be some interface
> >>conflicts, e.g. in how the various services allow heirarchy and such,
> >>but if the implementation was feasible and the interface conflicts could
> >>be overcome this would be a pretty slick system.
> >>
> >
> >What about the scenario of one machine having different shares
> >with different protocols? We might need an extra layer of abstraction
> >in that case (clicking on the machine gets you a virtual folder with
> >that machine's different shared resources), at least.
> >
> You really need another layer of api abstraction here, a 'resource 
> discovery' subsystem. With plugins for each protocol, and a management 
> function to aggregate and export all the info. However, because it'd 
> cover things other than files (eg. printers), it should be outside of 
> gnome-vfs.
> 
> Blue sky stuff, kind of related... it'd also be cool to be able to do 
> stuff when certain resources become available. eg. Different default 
> printer for your laptop at home and at work. Or, unison or something 
> similar automatically firing up and backing up your documents directory 
> on to the fileserver when you get to work.
> 
> Darryl Rees.
> 
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