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Levi Watts  
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 More options 3 Sep 2008, 21:36
From: Levi Watts <viruswa...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed 3 Sep 2008 21:36
Subject: Re: Cheat Sheet Tool
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Dave,

You say you have been working on a tool to satisfy this need.  In what
language is the tool written in, and perhaps more importantly, would
it be open source?

Such a tool could cause the number of cheet sheets available to
exploid, with AB as a hub for both user submitted and site approved
sheets.

Levi

On 6 Jul, 10:40, Dave Child <d...@addedbytes.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim :)

> I hadn't planned on mentioning this for a while, as I'm not sure how
> long it's going to take me to finish, but I've been working on a
> "Create-Your-Own" cheat sheet tool.

> It allows you to add one URL for each block you want on the cheat
> sheet. The URL can be on any server and returns an XML document
> specifying the content for that block on the cheat sheet.

> Using this, anyone can create a block for their own technology (think
> jQuery plugin makers, homegrown CMSes, etc), or for any other
> technology they like, and make it available to everyone, and keep it
> up to date without needing to have me update a central repository.

> To use it, you specify a list of URLs for a cheat sheet. The system
> then grabs the URLs and puts them into a doc for you to arrange as you
> like. You can save as HTML, PDF, PNG or JPG. Landscape and portrait
> will both be supported. All cheat sheets created go into a directory
> so others can grab them too.

> As I say, though, I'm not sure when it will be completed. There's a
> lot to do (and the security aspects are a serious concern), but I will
> be posting more about it over the coming months (and of course the
> members of this group will be the first to have access to all stages
> of the project as it progresses).

> Regards,
> Dave

> On 6 Jul, 17:27, Jim Beam <aiko.one...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > Hi,

> > my opinion is, that there should be a Cheat Sheet Tool which makes it
> > easier to create Cheat Sheets for oneself. Best solution would be
> > something like a layouting tool that behaves similar to the
> > netvibes.com page. And then you'd just take the "windows" you need out
> > of a pool (which is ideally filled by a community) and put em on your
> > sheet like you want to.

> > Should not be too difficult to realize since you have YUI and MySQL
> > and stuff.

> > Regards,
> > Jim Beam


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