[geeklog-devel] WebDAV

[Blaine Lang]

Mark Howard wrote:

> WebDAV is kewl, however for code authoring/maintenance needs, I find that I

> can accomplish nearly the same level of functionality simply by utilizing

> the usually-available sftpd, along with the workstation client

> implementation such as WebDrive [www.webdrive.com] or SFTPDrive

> [www.sftpdrive.com] in the Windows space, or sshfs (fuse-based)

> [http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html] in the Linux space to directly

> access my hosting account folder tree.

That may be fine for geeks but try and see if Betty Boop in accounting 
that wants to update a document maintained on the Intranet file 
repository (Geeklog) would have any idea what that means. A user just 
wants to open the file in the default application (have it lock the file 
automatically) and save it - updating the remote file automatically. MS 
Office and other apps automatically support WebDAV and it's a protocol 
thats gaining in popularity after 10years+.