http://imgur.com/Re14XKc,6fYHJqp,39nnQiT#0
Camlistore is built around the idea that every object is a blob,
but blobs can also self-describe themselves as more than a blob.
For example, some blobs are also files, or images, or sets, or
permanodes, or movies, or foursquare checkins. Etc.
Here is an idea for the detail page that reflects that underlying
reality of Camlistore.
Each blob has a single canonical URL in the web UI for its detail
page. Currently this is /?p=<...>, but should ideally be just
/<blobref>.
Within the web UI, many "aspects" register interest in providing
views on blobs. Each time the user navigates to a detail page,
each aspects gets to say whether it can provide a useful view on
the blob.
Aspects are currently rendered (crappily) as tabs along the bottom
of the UI. I'm not sure how they should actually be rendered, this
is temporary.
This patch includes the following aspects:
- image (the old image detail)
- permanode (the old old permanode page)
- blob (the old old blob page)
Change-Id: Idb3cdbb203799a5d9c113d1b37b67a2724040085
a search result..
When you are paging, typically only one request is done, for the big
image. However, if you reach the end of the current search session,
more results are loaded.
The URL updates during paging, and if you navigate to this URL fresh
the search will be performed first.
Change-Id: Ia2b9bbb4a2eb41a3a75971d0dc1ff4f3d93b4acf
The detail view now loads with only two HTTP requests: one for the
piggy, and one for the big image. No other resources are loaded,
even the blob descriptions, because they are cached by SearchSession,
which is shared between the search ui and the detail ui.
Likewise, when you go back to the search results page, no additional
requests are done.
Also:
- When you press back on detail page, scroll position is now usually
restored (if you refresh between index and detail, it still won't
restore).
- Detail page live updates! It came for free with using SearchSession.
Change-Id: I58ada7bdd30afc2644860fbda6167fc5ce865b0d
Lindsey Simon
