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Ian Stirling | 2 Sep 13:48

Not quite wwwoffle - for mobiles and low bandwidth use.

I've used wwwoffle for some years, and it 'just works' for me.

So, naturally, when I realised a need for a possibly related bit of 
software, and lacking results from google. I started wondering if anyone 
had thought of, or knows of an implementation or proof of concept with 
wwwoffled.

Basically, it's a two part web proxy to drastically reduce web usage 
bandwidth.
One part resides on a mobile device with a (usually) poor bandwidth 
link, but relatively large amount of storage, that may occasionally be 
plugged into a high speed network.

The other part is on server, connected via a fast connection to the 
internet.

To quote a page I wrote describing this.

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"This is a brief page describing a web proxy optimised for use on 
devices with a reasonable amount of persistant storage, and very limited 
bandwidth.

Once, each page linked to a subpage of contents, which remained static, 
and could be easily refreshed if it changed based on dates in the HTTP 
headers.

Now, this is the case in the minority of popular sites. Most sites now 
have a substantial fraction of pages with some non-static content.
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Andrew M. Bishop | 7 Sep 17:28
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Re: Not quite wwwoffle - for mobiles and low bandwidth use.

Ian Stirling <wwwoffle-users@...> writes:

> I've used wwwoffle for some years, and it 'just works' for me.
> 
> So, naturally, when I realised a need for a possibly related bit of software,
> and lacking results from google. I started wondering if anyone had thought of,
> or knows of an implementation or proof of concept with wwwoffled.
> 
> Basically, it's a two part web proxy to drastically reduce web usage bandwidth.
> One part resides on a mobile device with a (usually) poor bandwidth link, but
> relatively large amount of storage, that may occasionally be plugged into a high
> speed network.
> 
> The other part is on server, connected via a fast connection to the internet.

Have you seen the (no longer maintained) rsync-over-HTTP protocol that
is at http://rproxy.samba.org/.  This combines rsync and HTTP to be
able to only transfer the updates just like you want.

They describe just what you are looking for, but since nobody was
interested about using it they seem to have given up.

Before you ask, I don't plan to add it into WWWOFFLE.

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Ian Stirling | 8 Sep 13:32

Re: Not quite wwwoffle - for mobiles and low bandwidth use.

Andrew M. Bishop wrote:
> Ian Stirling <wwwoffle-users@...> writes:
> 
> 
>>I've used wwwoffle for some years, and it 'just works' for me.
>>
>>So, naturally, when I realised a need for a possibly related bit of software,
>>and lacking results from google. I started wondering if anyone had thought of,
>>or knows of an implementation or proof of concept with wwwoffled.
>>
>>Basically, it's a two part web proxy to drastically reduce web usage bandwidth.
>>One part resides on a mobile device with a (usually) poor bandwidth link, but
>>relatively large amount of storage, that may occasionally be plugged into a high
>>speed network.
>>
>>The other part is on server, connected via a fast connection to the internet.
> 
> 
> Have you seen the (no longer maintained) rsync-over-HTTP protocol that
> is at http://rproxy.samba.org/.  This combines rsync and HTTP to be
> able to only transfer the updates just like you want.
> 
> They describe just what you are looking for, but since nobody was
> interested about using it they seem to have given up.

Interesting, thanks!
Googling had found me little.

> Before you ask, I don't plan to add it into WWWOFFLE.
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Andrew M. Bishop | 10 Sep 18:35
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Re: Not quite wwwoffle - for mobiles and low bandwidth use.

Ian Stirling <wwwoffle-users@...> writes:

> >>So, naturally, when I realised a need for a possibly related bit of software,
> >>and lacking results from google. I started wondering if anyone had thought of,
> >>or knows of an implementation or proof of concept with wwwoffled.
> >>
> >>Basically, it's a two part web proxy to drastically reduce web usage bandwidth.
> >>One part resides on a mobile device with a (usually) poor bandwidth link, but
> >>relatively large amount of storage, that may occasionally be plugged into a high
> >>speed network.
> >>
> >>The other part is on server, connected via a fast connection to the internet.
> > Have you seen the (no longer maintained) rsync-over-HTTP protocol that
> > is at http://rproxy.samba.org/.  This combines rsync and HTTP to be
> > able to only transfer the updates just like you want.
> > They describe just what you are looking for, but since nobody was
> > interested about using it they seem to have given up.
> 
> Interesting, thanks!
> Googling had found me little.

I remembered having seen the combination of rsync and HTTP before so
it was easy for me to find.

> > Before you ask, I don't plan to add it into WWWOFFLE.
> 
> Initial design was planned to be a little server on host and client, that
> implemented this by changing the files in the wwwoffle cache, rather than
> properly implementing stuff.
>
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Ian Stirling | 11 Sep 13:58

Re: Not quite wwwoffle - for mobiles and low bandwidth use.

Andrew M. Bishop wrote:
> Ian Stirling <wwwoffle-users@...> writes:
> 
> 
>>>>So, naturally, when I realised a need for a possibly related bit of software,
>>>>and lacking results from google. I started wondering if anyone had thought of,
>>>>or knows of an implementation or proof of concept with wwwoffled.
>>>>
>>>>Basically, it's a two part web proxy to drastically reduce web usage bandwidth.
>>>>One part resides on a mobile device with a (usually) poor bandwidth link, but
>>>>relatively large amount of storage, that may occasionally be plugged into a high
>>>>speed network.
>>>>
>>>>The other part is on server, connected via a fast connection to the internet.
>>>
>>>Have you seen the (no longer maintained) rsync-over-HTTP protocol that
>>>is at http://rproxy.samba.org/.  This combines rsync and HTTP to be
>>>able to only transfer the updates just like you want.
>>>They describe just what you are looking for, but since nobody was
>>>interested about using it they seem to have given up.
>>
>>Interesting, thanks!
>>Googling had found me little.
> 
> 
> I remembered having seen the combination of rsync and HTTP before so
> it was easy for me to find.
> 
> 
>>>Before you ask, I don't plan to add it into WWWOFFLE.
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