Firefox plug-in update security issues and Zotero

Someone sent this news item to me regarding Firefox plug-in
update security issues:

<http://www.pcworld.
com/article/id,132398-c,mozilla/article.html>.

My most popular plug-in is Zotero which updates from their
own
site.  Anyone know if the update is done with an SSL-secure
site?

thanks,
dana
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>  My most popular plug-in is Zotero which updates from
their own
>  site.  Anyone know if the update is done with an
SSL-secure
>  site?

Yes, Zotero already follows new rules on secure
updating[1].
Infact updateUrl uses https, updateLink doesn't point to
http, but
includes an updateHash [2]

--
Salvatore Vassallo

[1] http://dev
eloper.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extension_Versioning%2C_Update_an
d_Compatibility#Securing_Updates
[2] https://ww
w.zotero.org/download/update.rdf
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Hey All,
 
I have a metasearch application [1] with a 'save record'
feature.  Right now, I'm working on giving our users a
mechanism to organize those saved records.
 
I'm leaning towards using a tagging idiom in the interface
[2], but have some lingering doubts. I've noticed, for
example, that tagging is most often implemented for sites in
which the user *generates* the content (e.g., blogs,
flickr).  While sites that allow you to search and save
records usually employ a list metaphor (e.g., amazon [3],
istockphoto).
 
Anyone have a good example of a (non-library) site that
allows you to search and save things, and then *tag* them?
 
--Dave
 
[1] http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu> 
[2] mock-up: 
http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg
<http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg>
 
[3] Amazon apparently has a tagging mechanism, too, but it's
rather (to me) obscurely implemented.
 
-------------------
David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu> 

 
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Here is a very nice project that uses both lists and tags:

Harvard Law's H2O Playlist: http://h2obeta.law.ha
rvard.edu/

You create a list of citations on a topic and then you make
that list 
findable via tags. Other users can then create new lists
from scratch or 
based on a list they find. The system tracks the lineage of
the 
derivatives and suggests other "playlists" with
similar items or tags.

--chris



Walker, David wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I have a metasearch application [1] with a 'save
record' feature.  Right now, I'm working on giving our users
a mechanism to organize those saved records.
>
> I'm leaning towards using a tagging idiom in the
interface [2], but have some lingering doubts. I've noticed,
for example, that tagging is most often implemented for
sites in which the user *generates* the content (e.g.,
blogs, flickr).  While sites that allow you to search and
save records usually employ a list metaphor (e.g., amazon
[3], istockphoto).
>
> Anyone have a good example of a (non-library) site that
allows you to search and save things, and then *tag* them?
>
> --Dave
>
> [1] http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu>
> [2] mock-up: 
http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg
<http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg>

> [3] Amazon apparently has a tagging mechanism, too, but
it's rather (to me) obscurely implemented.
>
> -------------------
> David Walker
> Library Web Services Manager
> California State University
> http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
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> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
>   

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Hey All,
 
I have a metasearch application [1] with a 'save record'
feature.  Right now, I'm working on giving our users a
mechanism to organize those saved records.
 
I'm leaning towards using a tagging idiom in the interface
[2], but have some lingering doubts. I've noticed, for
example, that tagging is most often implemented for sites in
which the user *generates* the content (e.g., blogs,
flickr).  While sites that allow you to search and save
records usually employ a list metaphor (e.g., amazon [3],
istockphoto).
 
Anyone have a good example of a (non-library) site that
allows you to search and save things, and then *tag* them?
 
--Dave
 
[1] http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu> 
[2] mock-up: 
http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg
<http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg>
 
[3] Amazon apparently has a tagging mechanism, too, but it's
rather (to me) obscurely implemented.
 
-------------------
David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu> 

 
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http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/

Here is a very nice project that uses both lists and tags:

Harvard Law's H2O Playlist: http://h2obeta.law.ha
rvard.edu/

You create a list of citations on a topic and then you make
that list 
findable via tags. Other users can then create new lists
from scratch or 
based on a list they find. The system tracks the lineage of
the 
derivatives and suggests other "playlists" with
similar items or tags.

--chris



Walker, David wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I have a metasearch application [1] with a 'save
record' feature.  Right now, I'm working on giving our users
a mechanism to organize those saved records.
>
> I'm leaning towards using a tagging idiom in the
interface [2], but have some lingering doubts. I've noticed,
for example, that tagging is most often implemented for
sites in which the user *generates* the content (e.g.,
blogs, flickr).  While sites that allow you to search and
save records usually employ a list metaphor (e.g., amazon
[3], istockphoto).
>
> Anyone have a good example of a (non-library) site that
allows you to search and save things, and then *tag* them?
>
> --Dave
>
> [1] http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu>
> [2] mock-up: 
http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg
<http://walkertr.csusm.edu/download/saved-records.jpg>

> [3] Amazon apparently has a tagging mechanism, too, but
it's rather (to me) obscurely implemented.
>
> -------------------
> David Walker
> Library Web Services Manager
> California State University
> http://xerxes.calstate.edu
 <http://xerxes.calstate
.edu>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
>   

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