FYI: KDE CVS has WebDAV support now!
Hi! Thanks to Hamish Rodda, KDE 3 will finally support WebDAV! What does that mean for Zope users? In KDE 3, You'll basically have a simple Zope IDE and Content Management tools for free: You can log into your Zope server via WebDAV in Konqueror, and use any KDE-aware editor to create, edit, and upload code and content! This is even better than using Zope on the Windows plattform, as WebDAV/Webfolders are not integrated the same way WebDAV will be in KDE (i.e. seamless open and save from ANY KDE program). Cheers Joachim
-> better than using Zope on the Windows plattform, as WebDAV/Webfolders are -> not integrated the same way WebDAV will be in KDE (i.e. seamless open and -> save from ANY KDE program). Some notes: WebDAV is 'natively' supported under MS-WindowsXP and Mac OS X. Also, there is already a Linux WebDAV filesystem (that lets you 'mount' a WebDAV drive) which does not require KDE. --Derek
Hi! Thanks for the additional infos! I just checked yesterday: OpenOffice supports WebDAV natively, too.
-> better than using Zope on the Windows plattform, as WebDAV/Webfolders are -> not integrated the same way WebDAV will be in KDE (i.e. seamless open and -> save from ANY KDE program).
Some notes:
WebDAV is 'natively' supported under MS-WindowsXP and Mac OS X.
I don't know about XP, but in the older Windows versions, WebDAV is NOT available from the standard open/save dialog. Only the advanced open/save dialogs of MS Office (and probably some third-party programs) have the WebDAV features enabled. To use WebDAV directly from, let's say, Wordpad, you'll need a tool like WebDrive on those platforms.
Also, there is already a Linux WebDAV filesystem (that lets you 'mount' a WebDAV drive) which does not require KDE.
That's right. But the WebDAV filesystem is limited to what a filesystem can do. E.g. I guess that you can't extend it to expose all the properties of an object via WebDAV, or even make locking work? With KDE's kio_slaves, all that is possible. The other reason for doing it on the KDE level is that installing an alternative file system driver is not what an average user will be capable of , but getting KDE to work is (as soon as there are ready-to-use RPMs of KDE 3 beta 2). Cheers Joachim
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