If only there was a way to get POW to run PHP.JS
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=630258
POW turns Firefox into a web server.
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Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#12If only there was a way to get POW to run PHP.JS http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=630258
This is as dry as it gets, folks. If you can say "If only there was a way to get POW to run PHP.JS" with a straight face, there is nothing beyond your reach.
Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#13This is from 2007. So I've got Hello World running at http://localhost:6670/test.sjs , but I'm not sure if this is exposed to the outside web.
no, i can see your site! its awesome.
I see it too!
It's uncannily similar to the one I knocked out earlier... all hackers must think alike!!
Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#14We are missing the point. Turning a browser into a web server is not a big leap in technology. That is not a hard problem. Why I am excited about Opera Unite and not about this firefox extension is that Opera themselves thinks that this will change the face of internet applications. They are excited about it and they will persue this to the end. That is the whole point. It is not about technology. It is about how you…
My vision says that Opera Unite isn't going to live up to the hype. Users don't want a music player in their browser, they want a good music player. Opera would do better to build a sturdy, dedicated server side JavaScript environment than to put a weak offering into their browser.
Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#15If only there was a way to get POW to run PHP.JS http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=630258
This is as dry as it gets, folks. If you can say "If only there was a way to get POW to run PHP.JS" with a straight face, there is nothing beyond your reach.
This is one of the many services I provide.
Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#16We are missing the point. Turning a browser into a web server is not a big leap in technology. That is not a hard problem. Why I am excited about Opera Unite and not about this firefox extension is that Opera themselves thinks that this will change the face of internet applications. They are excited about it and they will persue this to the end. That is the whole point. It is not about technology. It is about how you…
My vision says that Opera Unite isn't going to live up to the hype. Users don't want a music player in their browser, they want a good music player. Opera would do better to build a sturdy, dedicated server side JavaScript environment than to put a weak offering into their browser.
"Users don't want a music player in their browser, they want a good music player."
And, incidentally, iTunes already has sharing from within the player and it is very widely used.
Anyway, Unite is an interesting experiment, even though it probably won't revolutionize anything on its own. The "this will revolutionize the web!" PR sort of obscures the actually utility/novelty that this likely has for a subset of users.
Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.
#17We need more acronyms, I was hoping for an exciting story about how prisoner of war with access only to firefox was able to hack into a webserver and post the details of imprisonment, thus leading to his eventual rescue.
c'mon, it's better than "MBA turns Firefox into a web server."
Well, there I would more expect "MBA turns Firefox into a web browser."