Changes between Version 80 and Version 81 of GSoCIdeas2010


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    6868There are still many useful and interesting things that have yet to be built using Tahoe-LAFS. Perhaps the most promising is in the area of web applications; what applications can you think of that could make use of a highly reliable filesystem accessible from both desktops and [http://github.com/ctrlaltdel/TahoeLAFS-android handheld devices]? Keep in mind that Tahoe-LAFS's architecture allows sharing and delegation opportunities that are difficult or impossible to implement using other backends. Some ideas people have suggested include a calender or photo album, or porting Mozilla's [https://bespin.mozilla.com Bespin] editor).
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    70 Nathan Wilcox wrote most of interactive tree browser frontend in !JavaScript (see wiki:RelatedProjects [the RelatedProjects page]); Toby Murray wrote [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2010-March/004137.html a front-end in Cajita]; what interesting ways might this be extended?
     70Nathan Wilcox wrote most of interactive tree browser frontend in !JavaScript (see [wiki:RelatedProjects the RelatedProjects page]); Toby Murray wrote [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2010-March/004137.html a front-end in Cajita]; what interesting ways might this be extended?
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    7272This is in some ways the most interesting area for development as it combines security and distributed systems problems with providing a user interface that lets a person who isn't particularly security minded operate safely by default. This is a hard problem, but offers great rewards in terms of learning, and even the ability to break new ground in safe-by-default interface design.