[cap-talk] top-to-bottom (cajaDesk at the top?)

[Stiegler, Marc D]

 The important issue to remember is that the authorities a Caja "desktop" would be in position to use would are not the traditional desktop authorities, which makes it harder to determine what it means to be a "desktop". For example, Caja in a browser can't manage file authorities because it can't reach file authorities at all. And Caja unchained from a browser doesn't have a tamed library for accessing files, so that is a block of work you'd need to do.

Of course, if you combined caja in the browser with a local waterken server, you get some very interesting interactions, the caja powerbox in the browser could have a webkey authority to a file navigation/access vat on the server, and you'd be in business. One still needs to build an appropriate capability-discipined library of authorities, but at that point, you're doing a Cajadesk capable of seamless, securely cooperative local and distributed applications.

--marcs

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cap-talk-bounces at mail.eros-os.org] On Behalf Of Ben Laurie
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:56 AM
> To: General discussions concerning capability systems.
> Subject: Re: [cap-talk] top-to-bottom (cajaDesk at the top?)
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Dave Chizmadia - GMail 
> <davechiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Steve's comments reminded me of a stray question I had last 
> week after 
> > Kevin Reid announced that he is working on an e-on-js 
> > implementation...
> >
> > Is anyone working on a capdesk-like environment in Caja?
> >
> > This would provide a rather powerful environment for browsing a 
> > web-based ocap graph. It would also be a compelling laboratory for 
> > experiments on ocap usability and abusability.
> 
> I've actually been musing about this myself. If anyone is 
> both competent and interested in working on it, get in touch with me!