2007/3/2

Inspired to pick this up again by GopherVR proposal.

Site navigation indices:

• directory list by name
• directory list by activity date
• all file list by name
• all file list by modification date

?Optional 'latest' section in each directory index page?

2006/12/18

TIR was nearing completion in September, but progress bogged down on development of icons and logos, and eventually suspended due to external distractions. In the mean time I have made some observations that call for a reexamination TIR's design:

• I don't have the time or talent to produce acceptable graphics for icons and logos.
• An uncluttered, primarily textual interface is more attractive than one with poor graphics.
• The side bar is a distraction, at least on content pages (as opposed to index pages where a side bar may be acceptable).
• Even though Bloxsom and Yukiwiki are inspirational and in aspects temptingly close to my desired functionality, both have sufficient shortcomings to make the completion of TIR worthwhile.
• Even though I've been aiming for an arbitrary network of content nodes (directories), experience with ITS suggests that a simpler two-level file system may be the simpler solution that fulfils most requirements.
• At an early stage in the TIR design I considered implementing page formatting and style with server-side includes. This was attractive as a simple, standardized means of removing repetitious headers etc. from content files. However, I rejected the idea because of the perceived requirement of a web server to process the SSI directives was impractical for local viewing on the Zaurus. Recent realizations may call for SSI to be reevaluated:
  1. Zaurus can be and has now been configured for SHTML files to be opened with Net Front automatically.
  2. SHTML is simple enough that programming a local stand-alone filter might be practical.