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The author writes "The
y-notes is a simple system
Email client was an
which allows you to specify
extension of a Web CGI
spots in your web pages to
interface for the
which your website's
POP3Client.pm. First I
visitors will be able to
migrated to the CLI
stick
notes. For the the
interface, which was real
web user, y-notes provide a
ugly, but it gave me a basis
convenient way to add
for the application. Then I
annotations to a web site
moved over to the Tk
without having to go into
interface, and started
the messy business of
building features. Presently
managing a large set of
the ability to check and
bookmarks. Also, the notes
send mail, as well as
are kept at the server so
configure a pop3, smtp,
that users can retrieve them
account name, password, and
at a later time and use them
reply to address are
as a navigation aid. For the
included. The interface for
site maintainer, y-notes
reading/deleting mail is
provides an easy and
clunky, but under
automatic way of gathering
development."
user feedback and improving
the site design. The main
component of y-notes is a
tiny Java(tm) applet. Notes
are stored on database
managed through a CGI
interface written in
Perl.
Date: Sep, 06 2001 Date: May, 22 2001 |