RE: [Axiom-developer] reqeust

[Bill Page]

Tim,

On November 11, 2005 12:52 AM you wrote:
> 
> since we can set up the architecture of such a system any way we want
> (it's all on the same CD) we could consider a much tighter coupling
> between axiom and the local browser.
> 
> currently pages are in html/xml format and are interpreted by the
> browser. suppose we change the model and open up the local browser.
> 
> we could create a plugin (or flash???) that runs in a tab and
> creates 
>   (a) a blank window 
>   (b) in input socket 
>   (c) output socket
>   (d) an API
> 
> the API could be simple text i/o over the sockets with terminal-
> like display
> 
> the API could be a drawing ability that allows X/Y pixel addressing
> 
> the browser could have many different "specialized" tabs that
> present different APIs. This would be a tight coupling to Axiom
> for certain tabs and general purpose html in the rest of the tabs.
> 
> if we could do this then the various parts of axiom, namely the 
> console, the axiom help-browser, and the graphics could all be
> running at the same time in separate tabs.
> 
> and since the browser can open new windows rather than tabs all
> of these could be separate windows.
> 
> do you know how to create a window/canvas/blank-thing in a tab?
> can we (using javascript? using a modified browser) draw text or
> lines in that blank area?
> 
> this would go directly to Bill Page's hope of having a browser
> be the universal front-end of Axiom.
> 

I am confused by your request. Glossing over whatever you might
mean by API, this is exactly what AxiomUI is intended to become.
All of what you say is possible using Javascript, SVG and
possibly MathML. Do you mean that this was not clear from our
discussions that began last June?

Regards,
Bill Page.