[haiku-gsoc] Re: zeroconf browser
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: Ma Jie <china.majie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:55:31 +0200 CEST
> I have considered using Tracker. But As Stephan said,
>
> > But now is the question of what the user shall be allowed to do
> > when looking at services from other computers.
>
> In fact, you only allowed to "open" the service. For example, Poorman
> server advertised its http service to the local network by using
> zeroconf. Someone who is exploring services can double click on it
> and
> a web browser can open the site running Poorman.
>
> Applications can have their own browsing list. Music players can have
> a list of music sharing hosts.
>
> Maybe the service notifier will be more frequently used than service
> browser.
Well, unless zeroconf has a standardized API to use, or you need more
than just simple new/deleted notifications on some type to filter, live
queries or node monitoring would solve the problem without needing to
introduce an actual new API.
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