[Bf-committers] Re: Blender 2.42 Web Browser Plugin

erwin at erwincoumans.com erwin at erwincoumans.com
Fri Jul 7 18:51:40 CEST 2006


The Python sandbox is still active. Python can only import the 4 built-in 
modules. 

Support would be nice indeed, but same goes for the regular gameplayer :)
Erwin 


Ton Roosendaal writes: 

> Hi, 
> 
> The security issue we should verify yes, I heard the sandbox didn't  work 
> (anymore). 
> 
> But the fact it is instable (and unfinished for platforms) doesn't make  
> this an official release anyway, nice for the testing department and  the 
> hardcode game devs here, not as part of the 2.42 release. 
> 
> I still think a company or institute (or group of developers) should  pick 
> up the web player. If you really want it to become a serious &  stable web 
> browser plug-in, you have to do a whole lot of work on it  still, and be 
> prepared for giving users/artists active support for it. 
> 
> -Ton- 
> 
> On 7 Jul, 2006, at 17:36, Stephen Swaney wrote: 
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 05:51:14PM -0400, erwin at erwincoumans.com wrote: 
>> 
>>> The first steps to a working Blender 2.42 Web Browser Plugin are done. 
>>> 
>>> http://www.continuousphysics.com/Bullet/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=406 
>>> 
>>> This is Windows, ActiveX. It is reported to work under Internet  
>>> Explorer,
>>> and Firefox (using 'render as Internet Explorer 'ActiveX').
>>  
>> 
>> Please correct me if I am missing something here, but without some sort
>> of sandboxing mechanism we are are creating a huge security hole. 
>> 
>> Releasing something like this does not seem like a good idea. 
>> 
>> 
>> (note: sorry it this is a dup.  it was sent last night while
>> the servers were wonky)
>> --  Stephen Swaney			
>> sswaney at centurytel.net 
>> 
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