2012-05-27 01:11:19 +00:00
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The webapp is a web server that displays a shiny interface.
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2013-03-19 23:02:56 +00:00
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## performance
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Having the webapp open while transfers are
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running uses significant CPU just for the browser to update the progress
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bar. Unsurprising, since the webapp is sending the browser a new `<div>`
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each time. Updating the DOM instead from javascript would avoid that;
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the webapp just needs to send the javascript either a full `<div>` or a
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changed percentage and quantity complete to update a single progress bar.
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2013-03-20 17:28:18 +00:00
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(Another reason to do this is it'll cut down on the refreshes, which
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sometimes make browsers ignore clicks on UI elements like the pause button,
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if the transfer display refreshes just as the click is made.)
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2012-05-31 19:28:04 +00:00
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## other features
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* there could be a UI to export a file, which would make it be served up
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over http by the web app
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2012-10-05 21:56:15 +00:00
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* there could be a UI (some javascript thing) in the web browser to
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submit urls to the web app to be added to the annex and downloaded.
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2012-10-05 21:59:34 +00:00
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See: [[todo/wishlist:_an_"assistant"_for_web-browsing_--_tracking_the_sources_of_the_downloads]]
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2012-09-06 17:56:23 +00:00
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* Display the `inotify max_user_watches` exceeded message. **done**
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* Display something sane when kqueue runs out of file descriptors.
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2012-11-30 17:48:44 +00:00
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* allow removing git remotes **done**
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2012-10-14 19:15:24 +00:00
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* allow disabling syncing to here, which should temporarily disable all
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2013-03-03 21:07:27 +00:00
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local syncing. **done**
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2012-05-31 19:28:04 +00:00
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2012-08-03 14:45:58 +00:00
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## first start **done**
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2012-07-31 20:13:19 +00:00
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2012-08-02 01:38:12 +00:00
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* make git repo **done**
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2012-08-03 14:45:58 +00:00
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* generate a nice description like "joey@hostname Desktop/annex" **done**
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* record repository that was made, and use it next time run **done**
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2012-08-02 01:38:12 +00:00
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* write a pid file, to prevent more than one first-start process running
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2012-08-03 14:45:58 +00:00
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at once **done**
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2012-08-20 00:14:34 +00:00
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## security **acceptable/done**
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* Listen only to localhost. **done**
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* Instruct the user's web browser to open an url that contains a secret
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token. This guards against other users on the same system. **done**
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(I would like to avoid passwords or other authentication methods,
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it's your local system.)
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* Don't pass the url with secret token directly to the web browser,
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as that exposes it to `ps`. Instead, write a html file only the user can read,
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that redirects to the webapp. **done**
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* Alternative for Linux at least would be to write a small program using
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GTK+ Webkit, that runs the webapp, and can know what user ran it, avoiding
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needing authentication.
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