From: Guillaume Marcais <guslist@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T12:18:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in Browsers?

Paul Stadig wrote:
> I've toyed with the idea of writing a plug-in for web browsers that
> allowed you to run "Ruby Applets." The most primitive idea would be to
> just call the Ruby intepreter whenever it encountered a .rb download or
> an <embed> or whatever the kids are using nowadays.
> 
> A more sophisticated version could provide some interface to the
> browser objects. Security would be nice.
> 
> Is there any such project out there?
> 

Maybe a source of inspiration can be the TCL plugin 
(http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/). But if I remember some discussion 
in TCL conferences, to get browser manufacturer to include this 
particular plug-in was just a pie in the sky, and installing a plug-in 
to see a web site seems too high of a hurdle for many (most?) average users.

Don't get discouraged by it though. Go out and embed ruby in a plug-in 
if you feel the urge. It could in did be a lot of fun!

Guillaume.

> 
> Paul
> 
> petermichaux@yahoo.com wrote:
>> What if the ruby community supplied the browser makers with a single
>> interpreter that they could plug in? Yes it might take a few years for
>> this to take wide spread effect but some applications can dictate the
>> user's browser. I'm working on one right now. These apps could go Ruby
>> earlier.
> 
>