[Shr-User] Offline SHR Manager - First Release 0.1

[Olivier Migeot]

Would it be possible to see your PoC? What language did you use?

Because I was about to start something similar... ;)

Good idea anyway

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Baruch Even <baruch at ev-en.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hacked such a thing, currently it only shows the GSM signal strength,
> not very useful, but it's a proof-of-concept.
>
> I export a rest-like interface at /api/0.1/gsm/status that returns json,
> essentially it's a simple bridge to dbus.
>
> I then used html and javascript to load this data in the background with
> a refresh button to reload it. It works nicely. I used jQuery for the ajax.
>
> For myself I only need a gpx export of the tracks from tangogps. What
> would others want to do with such a web interface to their phone?
>
> Baruch
>
> Olivier Migeot wrote:
>> The "web" approach is interesting. Ideally, one should expose some
>> hooks via REST-like URIs (dbus-mapping or something?), and then let
>> much of the interface build itself client side, javascript-style. The
>> FR is such a "weak" beast that it would be better to let as much work
>> as possible occur on the "strong" (e.g. desktop) side.
>>
>> Just my two cents.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Baruch Even <baruch at ev-en.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Michael Pilgermann wrote:
>>>> Offline SHR Manager (oSHyReMan) is a tiny GTK-based tool for managing
>>>> your Freerunner from your Desktop when the phone is connected via USB.
>>>>
>>>> The idea behind is putting together a collection of commands, which are
>>>> executed via SSH - before oSHyReMan again and again typed by the user -
>>>> now with oSHyReMan automatically.
>>> I'm been thinking about a similar thing but maybe a better approach is
>>> to have a small webserver on the moko with a cgi that presents a web
>>> interface to the user with plugins from various applications that help
>>> you manage them, configure them and do whatever is needed. This way it
>>> will work no matter what your host is, it can also work when at a
>>> friends/parents and not depend on your machine.
>>>
>>> As convenience improvements that I'd like for such a solution would be
>>> to register this webapp with avahi for zeroconf detection and an export
>>> of a small usb drive with windows/mac/Linux drivers/conf that can make
>>> configuring the network on the moko a breeze.
>>>
>>> I already have some code that uses libsoup for a basic webserver in vala
>>>  but I'm also doing other things as well and don't have enough time to
>>> work on this all by myself, if there will be collaborators I'd be happy
>>> to jump-start such a project. Any takers?
>>>
>>> Baruch
>>>
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