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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/03/15 18:21, Robert Schroll wrote:
> I don't think you'd even need a separate http server for this. You 
> should be able to have the WebView catch requests and insert its own 
> responses.  (This is possible with WebKitGTK, though I don't know that 
> these bindings are exposed in Oxide.)  These requests could be given 
> their own protocol to avoid accidental conflicts with other services.  
> (ubuntu-theme://default.css, ubuntu-theme://ambiance/icons/back.svg, 
> etc.)
>
> It's an intriguing possibility!
gosh, that would be neat. It could be the way to serve up all the 
standard stuff for HTML5 apps - both CSS and javascript plus allowing 
remote things to use it. It could even serve up standard javascript 
libraries like the Google CDN does, but that might be a bit of scope creep.

> Robert