DB2 on Rails » Musings http://db2onrails.com Agile development using Ruby on Rails for enterprises large and small Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ruby for building Yahoo! BrowserPlus services? http://db2onrails.com/2008/06/03/ruby-for-building-yahoo-browserplus-services/ http://db2onrails.com/2008/06/03/ruby-for-building-yahoo-browserplus-services/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:01:05 +0000 Leon Katsnelson http://db2onrails.com/2008/06/03/ruby-for-building-yahoo-browserplus-services/ There has been much discussion (if you can call it that) in the Ruby on Rails community regarding a need for using applications while disconnected. I happen to be believe that despite the proliferation of connectivity options, ability to use web applications off-line is absolutely crucial. So, I’ve been looking at various technologies for taking web applications off-line. I am a big fan of Adobe Flex partly because it can be used to produce web-based applications that run on Adobe Air. I’ve also been watching Google Gears (now unbranded from Google). Just a few days back Yahoo went for a “Sneak Peek” availability of their BrowserPlus. So, I decided to install Yahoo BrowserPlus and give it a try with a few Yahoo properties that use it today.

I tried the FlickrUploader demo and go this dialog. This is actually expected and it is a good thing. Basically, what this means is that FlickrUploader needs these services and BrowserPlus is offering me to activate them:

Ruby is now in Yahoo! BrowserPlus

This dialog suggests that FlickrUploader needs Ruby.  I presume that this is because FlickrUploader is written at least in part using Ruby? After a bit more reading I am getting a feeling that we will be able to use Ruby to add extra functions and services to BrowserPlus. At least that is implied by all of the info I was able to find on the subject. Unfortunately, BrowserPlus is still in the “Sneak Peak” release mode (Yahoo must of run out of Greek letters) so it is not possible to try to add BrowserPlus capability to anything but a Yahoo operated site in Ruby or otherwise. I do however like the direction in which BrowserPlus seems to be heading and I love the fact that they chose to support Ruby.

Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention … at this point in time it is more of a promise than reality. I tried to activate the RubyInterpreter service and got “Not compatible”:

RubyInterpreter not compatible message in Yahoo BrowserPlus

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