Using #PodOS elements you can access data on #Solid pods without writing a single line of JavaScript. It's as easy as writing #html thanks to #WebComponents!
Check out the quick start guide:
https://github.com/pod-os/PodOS/tree/main/elements#quick-start
I happily announce, that #PodOS will get funding from @nlnet https://nlnet.nl/project/PodOS/
This gives me the great opportunity to add new features to the data browser, provide new elements for you to build custom low-code apps and dashboards and interwine PodOS with specialized apps and the rest of the #Solid ecosystem.
There is also a new #PracticalSolid episode about the #PodOS search feature. Check it out and (
bad pun incoming) let me know how you find it! 
#013 Find things in a Solid Pod
Finding things in your #Solid Pod has become easier with #PodOS 
To get started just hit the "Make this findable" button next to the nav bar. A search index will be automatically created, no need to edit raw data anymore.
Start typing the name of a thing into the nav bar to find back to it. You can do this with anything on the Solid Web: Things on your own Pods as well as elsewhere on the web. It's a great new way to organize stuff that matters to you.
#PodOS Browser has had a kinda "hidden feature" for full text search for some while now, if you add a "private label index" to your WebID profile.
Today I added a "make findable" feature so that you can manage the things you want to index and find, directly via the UI.
You still need to create the index manually once, but this will change as well soon.
In part 2 of my pantry app blog series, the app supports opening arbitrary resources and we refactor the code into a #PodOS compatible recipe pane that is also used in a pod browser app.
Imagine you could browse through all your online data like through the files on your file system. With #Solid and #PodOS you can!
Specialized apps are most useful for specific tasks, but a generic app like PodOS Browser allows you to access and make use of your data in ways those apps did not anticipate.
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/5584eb07-cbb0-468c-80c4-134d61946f0b
Title cards on #PodOS will look a lot nicer soon. Stay tuned.
Current security measures for #PodOS compatible panes to be loaded within a #SolidProject pod data browser app:
Avoid triple injection of new panes:
- Panes must be defined only in user's type registry
- Links to HTML fragments are only loaded from the pane's document
Avoid untrusted executable code:
- Scripts in HTML fragments not executed
- Web components instead whitelisted by the browser app and lazy loaded
Still need to trust web components and expect loading of new triples
I did a bit of a redesign for the generic #PodOS data browser. Less clutter & redundancy, focus on human-readable labels & information, while all details can still be accessed if needed.
Try it out yourself at https://browser.pod-os.org/
