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* Library improvements | * Library improvements | ||
** Javascript function for DNS queries (something like "function queryDNS(string FQDN, string RR-type)" which returns an array object of the records). We want to write a GPL'ed Firefox Extension providing a global DNS-based addressbook to the Firefox users. But as JS can't do DNS queries, we would have to use some kind of Java or C/C++ for the DNS queries which in turn would increase (platform) dependencies. And no, we won't use a webservice for the DNS queries because of load, scalability and reliability. | |||
** Put atleast one of the most commonly used Javascript libraries in the browser (scriptaculous, etc) so users don't have to keep downloading them. | ** Put atleast one of the most commonly used Javascript libraries in the browser (scriptaculous, etc) so users don't have to keep downloading them. | ||
** Throw in the Ruby interpreter and use its rich libraries. | ** Throw in the Ruby interpreter and use its rich libraries. | ||