Provide web hosted version of Refine (a la Google Docs or Fusion Table)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I would love to see Google refine hosted by Google as a document type in Google 
docs.  Perhaps some of the features used here could be fused together with 
Google spreadsheets?

I find that it's difficult with my machines to run the JRE due to conflicts 
with other JRE versions I need to keep running on my machine.  

This would also allow me to more easily collaborate with my refine projects.

Thanks!
Jason

Original issue reported on code.google.com by JasonMVi...@gmail.com on 16 May 2011 at 2:51

[GoogleCodeExporter]

You should be able to point refine.ini to the JRE that you want Refine to use.
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25

Paul Makepeace just submitted a patch file for refine.ini and refine.bat via 
our mailing list.  Which should make the above work correctly.

I don't think we have JAVA_HOME available as a command line parameter however 
like we do memory, perhaps we should or could ?

Original comment by thadguidry on 16 May 2011 at 3:18

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I find setting Windows paths a lot of typing hence getting the refine.ini to 
work :)

BTW, If you just have a JRE the path is likely to be C:\Program Files\Java\jre6

Original comment by paulm%pa...@gtempaccount.com on 16 May 2011 at 3:37

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thanks, guys,  I actually have that already set to "C:\Program 
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_22"

Sometimes it works; sometimes it fails (when I get it to fail again, I'll post 
the error).

But really I wanted to use this as a request to have Google host refine instead 
of having to download it and install it locally.  It's a great tool and I would 
love to easily point my colleagues to it and share it much like I do a google 
spreadsheet.  

Original comment by JasonMVi...@gmail.com on 17 May 2011 at 3:31

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Jason, your request makes a lot of sense! It is a challenge to implement, 
though, as Google Refine started out as and continues to be a desktop tool, 
very different in architecture than the rest of Google products. I'll mark this 
issue as "accepted" for now, but it'll take sometime to figure out if it's 
feasible.

Original comment by dfhu...@gmail.com on 18 May 2011 at 5:01

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by tfmorris on 18 May 2011 at 5:31

• Changed title: Provide web hosted version of Refine (a la Google Docs or Fusion Table)