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#13 2006-06-23 00:27:09

NikLP
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

Maybe I’ve missed the point of all this then after all. I thought maybe we could use the new functionality to cross-post stuff to Flickr, multiple blogs etc simultaneously from TXP using the RPC stuff rather than just use the RPC as a desktop-oriented thing.

I guess I was just expecting the same level of amazement that I normally get when a new release of TXP arrives…!

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#14 2006-06-23 00:33:07

Elenita
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

You can do that. You can also post locally. Basically, RPC is about allowing different languages and operating systems on different servers to interoperate. There are lots of possibilities. But the way that XML-RPC works, it’s supposed to look seamless and easy, so you’re not even supposed to realize that these things are difficult to begin with.

Basically, in an ideal situation, someone’s supposed to point at something and go, “XML-RPC helped me do that.” And their audience should respond, “so? Why is that cool?”

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#15 2006-06-25 16:38:27

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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

This XML RPC thingamajiggy also took me a while to figure out. Once of the main problems was that I was googling for XML RPC clients. I eventually figured out that I need to search for “desktop blogging clients” instead.

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#16 2006-08-15 03:10:47

kaline
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

Man…when this xml-rpc thing was announced, I let out a big yawn because I had no idea what it meant and wasn’t curious enough to look it up. Eventually I started researching it and was slightly intrigued. Then I found Performancing, installed it in Firefox and NOW I’m excited. This is really cool.

So, to whoever created this, my hat is off to you (or you all, as the case may be). This is very nice stuff.

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#17 2006-08-15 10:20:03

NikLP
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

kaline wrote:

Man…when this xml-rpc thing was announced, I let out a big yawn because I had no idea what it meant and wasn’t curious enough to look it up. Eventually I started researching it and was slightly intrigued. Then I found Performancing, installed it in Firefox and NOW I’m excited. This is really cool.

Can you explain what settings you’ve used in FF please? Cheers.

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#18 2006-08-16 02:35:15

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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

Not sure what you mean by settings in Firefox. I didn’t have to change anything in Firefox – I just installed the Performancing extension (of course, this was after I installed the xml-rpc thing on my server). I followed the client installation instructions that you can click on when you download the xml-rpc add-on. Let me know if I’m missing something and I’ll try to help.

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#19 2006-08-16 02:49:16

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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

<a href=“http://performancing.com/firefox”>Performancing for Firefox</a>

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#20 2006-10-20 10:22:08

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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

Aren’t there any security problems? When I tell Performancing the logins to all my blogs and passwords and user names for the different ftp-accounts, where is this information stored?

..asks an insecure newbie, who couldn’t find this information on Performancing’s homepage.

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#21 2006-10-21 01:09:42

Mary
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

…where is this information stored?

On your computer. But, you should direct these kind of questions to the people that make Performancing. :)

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#22 2006-10-22 14:35:53

zep
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

I’m not sure. What would the people who made Outlook have answered, if I would have asked them about security risks? ;-)

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#23 2006-10-22 14:52:54

NikLP
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

zep wrote:

I’m not sure. What would the people who made Outlook have answered, if I would have asked them about security risks? ;-)

“Go buy Exchange Server”, I’d imagine? :)

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#24 2006-10-23 02:31:16

Mary
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Re: XML RPC TXP WTF? Please tell us more about this...

Well… I don’t think you can use Microsoft as an example of what open source developers would do. :D

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