Thursday October 21, 2021; 4:52 PM EDT
- Amit Gawande has been trying to figure out the workflow for images from his desktop, to the web and back into web Drummer. #
- Electric Drummer already has this facility built into it, but Amit can't use E/D for his application, since he has to be able to edit his blog from multiple locations. #
- I suggested he try my Public Folder app. I was hoping he would use it because then I would have someone who could test its use with Drummer in a real world setting, and work with me to create a smooth workflow for people working from the web Drummer. It really helps to have another human being with the perspective of a user as something is developing. And I wanted to solve the problem not just for E/D for for web Drummer too.#
- So, I had an idea how this might work, but unfortunately it wasn't possible to connect from the web browser to a local web server, which is actually what the Public Folder app is. We had a lot of fun with fractional horsepower http servers in Frontier in the 90s, but the powers that be thought this was a security problem (it likely is) so that avenue is no longer open. Tis a shame. We were so much more innocent then! 💥#
- Then I had the idea that since Public Folder is able to write files to S3, and Drummer scripts can read those files, that might work. And -- tadahh -- it did work, resulting in version 0.4.8 of Public Folder, which is now available for download. The instructions on how to set up are also on that page. #
- I was sure at some time Public Folder would come in handy for others. I already depend on it myself for all my this.how style outlines, including the docs for Drummer, which are all uploaded publicly via Public Folder.#
- The idea of Public Folder, btw, was to replace the public folder Dropbox used to have which it phased out. It was an important thing.#
- I think eventually all my apps will fit into The World of Drummer in some way. It's like the Marvel Universe or a big family reunion. ❤️#