LXer client
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| Author | Content |
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| jimbauwens Dec 22, 2010 2:35 PM EDT |
I made a client for LXer, it uses app indicators (so only ubuntu works for now), and show the latest news, latest discussions and your email.
Screenshot: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1949/lxerrr.png It is programmed on ubuntu 10.10, so I don't know how it will act on earlier versions. You can download it here : http://jimbauwens.110mb.com/lxer-clientv3.tar.gz Install instructions are in the archive. Comment and bug report are welcome :-) Edit: It might be that you have to make lxer.py executable Edit2: I updated the link to a newer version Edit3: Updated the link again |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 22, 2010 2:51 PM EDT |
Ohh, nice. I don't have Ubuntu (nor a standard WM) but I'll see if I can get it running. |
| jimbauwens Dec 26, 2010 5:29 PM EDT |
I updated the url above to a newer version, which has some bug fixes, and some code improvements.
Also, for non-ubuntuers, I created a non app-indicator version:
http://jimbauwens.110mb.com/lxer-client-all-distro.tar.gz
I just uses gtk.statusicon, so it should work with many other distros =) Merry Christmas, and a happy new year! |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 27, 2010 7:23 AM EDT |
Nice. The only thing I wonder about is logging in over HTTP GET, which discloses passwords as plain text in the URL. But apparently that's what LXer's own login form is doing as well. Since you're working with Bob on LXer security, could you take a look at converting the login to HTTP POST? Or even better, doing HTTP POST over SSL? |
| jimbauwens Dec 27, 2010 9:45 AM EDT |
I'll ask Bob what he can do about it =) So, does it work for you? I haven't tested the non app-indicator version extensively, so there might be some bugs. |
| gus3 Dec 27, 2010 3:40 PM EDT |
I haven't looked it over, or tried it out, but here's my US$0.02: 1. Default to read-only (no comment posting) without a special opt-in action to enable password transmission. 2. If someone's feeling generous (with their own money, that is), that someone could buy an SSL cert for LXer.com. You may now flame away for speaking whence I know little. |
| jimbauwens Dec 27, 2010 4:55 PM EDT |
I don't think 1. is necessarily if the password and username are transfered securely. For the rest I don't know that much about getting ssl certificates (I don't have any experience with it). |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 28, 2010 8:27 AM EDT |
Test... |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 30, 2010 1:08 AM EDT |
I would recommend getting an SSL cert from CACert. They are free and they are a huge supporter of open source. The only downside is that Windows and Firefox don't ship with the CACert root certificate by default. So people using Windows will get a warning the first time they use it that the certificate is not trusted. Linux does ship with CACert root certificates by default so it's a non-issue there. |
| bob Dec 30, 2010 11:29 AM EDT |
Jim, the LXer login now accepts POST as its default. You can update your client accordingly. |
| jimbauwens Dec 30, 2010 5:28 PM EDT |
I updated the LXer client to the new authentication system: Non App-Indicator Version (all distro) App-Indicater Version (currently Ubuntu only) |
| jimbauwens Jan 11, 2011 12:09 PM EDT |
I just noticed that I accidently left my LXer credentials is archives of the client. Happily only in the last version. I removed them now. Since I trust you LXer lads, I will not change my password. Just don't start boycotting me =) |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 11, 2011 1:25 PM EDT |
Man, I sure wish we could boycott that Jim guy..Oh Hi Jim! How you doing? ;-) |
| jimbauwens Jan 11, 2011 1:34 PM EDT |
>Man, I sure wish we could boycott that Jim guy.. Just try =) I'm doing great :-) I've just become one year older. I'm "adult" now ;-) |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 11, 2011 1:42 PM EDT |
What?!? Your 18? Happy Birthday to you my friend! What is the drinking age in Brussels? |
| jimbauwens Jan 11, 2011 1:48 PM EDT |
Thank you =) And about the drinking, don't know, don't care :-) I'll drink lots of lemonade, and get drunk like that :p |
| hkwint Jan 11, 2011 5:27 PM EDT |
Yeah, congratulations! |
| jimbauwens Jan 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT |
@hans: Thank you! I got a flexible keyboard of my brother, quite handy (you can have it in your pocket, and go to shops and libraries and exploit computers without keyboards, real fun) |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 11, 2011 9:34 PM EDT |
And here I was all happy with my split keyboard that doesn't hurt my wrists.. |
| jimbauwens Jan 12, 2011 4:26 AM EDT |
Well, I think your split keyboard is probably allot better to type with than my.
But just imagine me taking a flash drive with ubuntu and that keyboard with me.
Go to the nearest shop that has a Kodak picture printer thing. It runs Windows, and has usb ports for flashdrives.
But of course they will work for keyboards. So I plug both in and reboot (using some keyboard shortcuts), start ubuntu (or whatever, with boottoram) and have some fun :-)
Maybe you can even get into the shops network. Of course they may not see you do this :p Well ehm... Now you guys know I'm crazy ;-) |
| jimbauwens Jan 14, 2011 3:28 PM EDT |
I just found a memory "leak" in my client, every time it updates (every 10min), it sucks up 4MiB, and doesn't clear it. Probably some pygtk instances that don't get cleaned up. Since i'm quite a beginner to pygtk/python, is there anyone that might help me trace the problem down? |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 15, 2011 5:13 PM EDT |
I know some PyGTK. Does the leak occur in both versions? Just in the app-indicator version? All-distro version? |
| jimbauwens Jan 15, 2011 5:58 PM EDT |
Looks to me like its only in the app-indicator version. I think that the problem is that I don't destroy menuitems after I remove them from the menu. I'm looking into that now, maybe its easier to fix than I thought :) |
| jimbauwens Feb 11, 2011 6:06 AM EDT |
Just a little update: The memory leak is a problem with the App Indicators , not with my application. Feedindicator, a python application that displays rss feeds has the same problem. I am talking with the developer, and we are probably going to file a bug report on launchpad. |
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