Dave Winer's development work

getOpmlFeeds and includes

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:59:16 GMT

For an app I'm working on I needed the ability to get feeds from an OPML file that might include other subscription lists.

Import command for River2

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:24:50 GMT

Added an Import command to the River2 menu.

New optional param for json.decompile

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:59:49 GMT

Doing some work with the ajax calls. We need the ability to customize the replacetable used by json.decompile so that it doesn't turn the " used in XML encoding into a double-quote.

New "javascript" nodetype

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:24:29 GMT

javascript is a new nodetype. It can be used inside an html node.

New approach for rpcValidate and ajax routines

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:26:34 GMT

There have been a couple of reports of problems from users trying to save outlines. Probably traced to the changes made on the 16th to worldOutlineSuite.rpcValidate. Trying a more conservative approach.

New ajax routine

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:17:10 GMT

This one allocates a new blorkmark.

New ajax routine

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:17:45 GMT

Needed a routine to return information about a specific root.

New ajax routines

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:29:28 GMT

Added a few new ajax calls to the worldoutline website.

New optional param

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:52 GMT

New optional param on saveOutline, lets the caller set the title on a new outline.

# directives in html nodes

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:20:06 GMT

Implemented the equiv of variables from LESS or SASS, two CSS preprocessors, but it's lower-level than the other preprocessors, therefore you can use variables anywhere in an HTML document -- in CSS, in Javascript code and/or the HTML of the page.

Comments in html nodes

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:20 GMT

Previously, the outline under an html node had comments, they would pass through to the rendered page.

Prefs macros in worldoutline

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:02:29 GMT

I want the ability to do prefs in a modal dialog in a worldoutline app. This table of macros make it possible.

Prefs macros in worldoutline

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:01:49 GMT

I want the ability to do prefs in a modal dialog in a worldoutline app. This table of macros make it possible.

OPML flows through images

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:33:10 GMT

One more feature for 2012. :-)

Quiet on the worknotes site

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:38:59 GMT

I've been busily working on an offline project, but haven't forgotten about the projects on this site. Everything's cool. Hope you're all having a great holiday and best wishes for a great 2013!

Worldoutline macros

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:47:09 GMT

Up until now, the only macros that could be used in worldoutline pages were in worldOutline.root, and therefore couldn't be added to or modified by users.

New worldoutline macro

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:04:24 GMT

The new signupdialog macro is designed to be called from a node of type html.

Update signup dialog

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:02:33 GMT

It should be possible to call it from outside the opmleditor website (it may already be possible to do this).

Groups in OPML Server apps

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:09:59 GMT

All routines now take groupname as a parameter.

History function in editor

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:23:04 GMT

Now the OPML Editor keeps track of every worldoutline that you open so you can easily open them again.

op.getNetXstruct

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:22:59 GMT

A new core routine that I've been needing for a while. Give us the url of an OPML file and we return a pointer to its xstruct. I kept having to figure out how to do this every time I needed to access an OPML file in a utility script.

Pref to disable comments

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:50:33 GMT

I shipped a new version of worldOutlineSuite.setDefaultAtts that gets comments text unconditionally. So my comment server is getting a huge amount of traffic now (I guess there are a fair number of worldoutline servers running).

Better Disqus IDs

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:22:21 GMT

I just moved a blog post out of the threads site and onto its own site so I can continue to edit it. The original location redirects to the new one via a redirect node. It works beautifully except for one thing: we lose the Disqus comments thread because the URL changed. This happens to us all the time, but it is preventable.

Shift-View in worldoutline

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:47:15 GMT

When editing a worldoutline doc, if you hold down the Shift key and click on the View button, the URL of the page will be copied to the clipboard, and the speaker beeps to confirm.

New Tool improvements

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:14:12 GMT

In Frontier the equiv of an app is a Tool. They are arranged in the Tools menu. And if you're a tool writer, you can create a new tool with a command in the Tools menu.

Movies w/NJ and Dave

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:33:55 GMT

NakedJen and I are going to start writing our conversations about films instead of just talking them.

Switching podcast river

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:19:52 GMT

I have a tab for podcasts on the Media Hackers page.

Minor tweaks to I/O client

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:20:12 GMT

I've always wanted the ability to just refresh one buddy without having to go to the Instant Outliner menu.

Dropbox-based outlines

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:20:58 GMT

Following up on this feature.

Google movies API

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:14:51 GMT

I asked for pointers to Google's movies API, and I received them. Took a few minutes to whip up a script that reads their XML, and converts it into a set of Frontier tables you can browse.