From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 04:23:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00487106566B for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:23:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF988FC16 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:23:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd2ml2so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.134]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2009 21:55:34 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=Wx5Pbw6iiq4JLdrW3LAA:9 a=KrP7RdRFojg5ECVhh7wA:7 a=wLXuCOh7v1cQ-1WG8-FKUjBB0vEA:4 Received: from s0106000103ce4c9c.vc.shawcable.net (HELO cydem.org) ([24.87.3.133]) by pd2ml2so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2009 21:55:34 -0600 Received: from soralx (soralx [192.168.0.240]) by cydem.org (Postfix/FreeBSD) with ESMTP id 48C707E812; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:55:32 -0700 From: To: Message-ID: <20090313205532.03a75c04@soralx> In-Reply-To: <49B1B9C9.5050501@emailrob.com> References: <200903061346.n26Dk9K5057916@lurza.secnetix.de> <49B1B9C9.5050501@emailrob.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Bounties X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:23:46 -0000 [snip] > question: if the "browser_products" of other entities are --so-- > problematic, just --how-- difficult would it be to "roll our own" ? > > note that this question is --not-- the same as asking > how long it would take to code all of the whiz_bangs > that the marketing_department_dweebs want to advertise. > > it doesn't have to do everything, > but, what it does do must be done well; reliably, predictably. > > i would want it to do things "the bsd way", e. g., search by reg_ex. > it would be totally divorced from anything "gnu". > i don't care about animation [ images hog bandwidth, big_time ]. [snip] > i have been researching how to write a "browser". > it is my understanding that, > once i can recursively render tables, the rest is comparitively easy. > i have not, just yet, figured_out how to do the secure_http thing > [ this is where i am stalled ]. > i want a program > that, either, is or, to the outside_world, appears to be a > "browser"_like thingy and which is --programmable--, > so that it may, in co_ordination with my book_keeping app, > log in to any account, > >----> to which i am already authorized access, <----< > such as my bank or my electric_utility, > in the middle_of_the_night, while i am asleep, > to down_load transaction_events or other postings, > to up_load bill_payment schedulings or other instructions, > so that i don't have to use my waking moments to > do these routine, but, necessary, time_consuming chores. isn't "links" or "lynx", with some modifications, exactly what you want? or are they too complex to modify? [snip] > rob spellberg [SorAlx] ridin' VN2000 Classic LT