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[Andrea Corbellini <andrea.corbellini@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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By a discussion with Simone Brunozzi was born the idea of building a
powerful Web Application instead of the FireFox extension, as we were
arranged to. I've proposed this method because I think it's more
effective than the FireFox extension. Here are its strong points:

1.A web application runs on a server so users will have nothing to
install and more people will contribute with theirs queries.
2.Tracking actions is easier and faster. In fact an extension must use
HTTP(S) or (S)FTP protocols to send data to Hive. A web application is
developed in Python (in this case) so using sockets is very easy!
3.It's quite difficult to compromise data. If we use a password for the
“store” command we can hide it in a web application where the
configuration file is not accessible by users. A FireFox extension is
installed on the user machine so hiding a password is impossible.
4.User will feel less spied because they are accustomed to use web pages
but not to install extension that tracks their movements.
5.FireFox is not the only browser in the world so we may build (and
update) extensions for all other browsers, most of them closed-source
and with a crummy documentation.

I didn't found any weak point yet. If you're pro or cons, please reply
and explain why. I wish to explain that any concept is tested with small
stubs, so if you are unsure on a feature, feel free to ask questions.
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