From ed8bf5fd368b19d1d49ad07a1bd9aaaecd360ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Rataj Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 14:48:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes for gui-and-browsers-biweekly 2020-05-05 (#1155) --- .../2020-05-05--gui-and-browsers-biweekly.md | 59 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meeting-notes/2020/Q2/2020-05-05--gui-and-browsers-biweekly.md diff --git a/meeting-notes/2020/Q2/2020-05-05--gui-and-browsers-biweekly.md b/meeting-notes/2020/Q2/2020-05-05--gui-and-browsers-biweekly.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f25cda59 --- /dev/null +++ b/meeting-notes/2020/Q2/2020-05-05--gui-and-browsers-biweekly.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + # GUI and In Web Browsers 2020-05-05 + +A biweekly discussion and show & tell around IPFS GUIs and Web Browsers + +* Details: https://github.com/ipfs/team-mgmt/issues/790 + + +## Participants + +- @autonome +- @vasco-santos +- @jessicaschilling +- @gozala +- @hacdias +- @lidel +- @rafaelramalho + +## Recording + +- https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeiej73sh3gv6nt2r3llj7m2bbjjqkaqpvshdsasptqvwrcmjrmehy4 +- https://youtu.be/V9t6W4hC27Q + +## Agenda + +- Welcome Irakli! + - joining the team to look into problems around [IPFS node reuse and resource sharing on the web](https://github.com/ipfs/in-web-browsers/issues/158) +- User research proposal: Value of standalone Electron window for UI in Desktop ... or is the bigger value the desktop menu bar controls? + - Start with forum discussion? + - Anyone have ideas for other venues for surveying (maybe quick Google form to go out in the IPFS Weekly)? + - Progressive question stance: start with why they use Desktop before getting into the "what if" seeding + - Prompt for "what would you like in Desktop" open-ended question but keep it an afterthought - don't want to turn this into a features request discussion + - If Weekly + forum + maybe docs beta test stable don't give us a diverse enough perspective, could prompt with a snackbar on first launch of an upcoming version of Desktop itself + - Next steps: draft questionnaire, share with team + - Note: if we decide to move to WebUI only, there will be some technical (specifically release) considerations to address +- Libp2p PeerStore persistence PR (AddressBook + ProtoBook) is merged +- Igalia documents signed, work officially kicking off +- Local discovery in Brave kicked off, [follow along](https://github.com/ipfs/devgrants/issues/21) + - mdns in go-ipfs uses the old spec + - js-ipfs implements both old spec and the new one from https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/discovery/mdns.md + - we hope to submit a patch against Brave this week +- Unstoppable Domains PR for Companion, [PR here](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/pull/875) +- Desktop [migration/upgrade bug](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1487) does not seem to be reproducible with release packages +- Directory index GUI upgrade (maybe) + - first triage pass + - pr up for responsive view + - and refactor for removing dead css + - Blocked on acceptance of accessible teal color shipped with most recent ipfs-css: see https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/issues/1379#issuecomment-582457581 + - We have not been specifically directed to regress Desktop or WebUI to remove accessible teal, but dir-index-html PR rejected on aesthetic grounds + - Note that if we must refactor Desktop/WebUI to use non-accessible teal, this means removing its use in anything typographic, which will take some time and substantially impact the look of Desktop/WebUI; accepting the less saturated teal (which has already shipped) is recommended +- Not browser, but mobile: https://github.com/gopikrishnanrmg/IPFS_Mobile_Test +- Alan's made some nice changes to browser sandbox: https://github.com/alanshaw/ipfs-browser-sandbox + +## Highlights + +> Details of past week's work are published in notes of [IPFS Core Implementations Weekly Sync](https://github.com/ipfs/team-mgmt/issues/992). This section includes a subset work, such as releases and announcements. + +- [is-ipfs v1.0.3](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/is-ipfs/releases/tag/v1.0.3) works without Node globals +- [ipfs-provider v1.0.0](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-provider/releases/tag/v1.0.0) now has prebuilt browser bundles +- [ipfs-webui v2.8.0](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/releases/tag/v2.8.0) with Peers screen updates