Re: Microformats UI in Firefox 3

Perhaps instead of new classes and protocols, we could just
do this  
completely in javascript.  Here is a general example,
probably all  
the function names would end up being different:

<div id="hcard-Alex-Faaborg"
class="vcard">
  <span class="fn">Alex
Faaborg</span>
  <div class="org">Mozilla</div>
  <div class="adr">
   <div class="street-address">1981 Landings
Dr. Building S</div>
   <span class="locality">Mountain
View</span>
,
   <span class="region">CA</span>
,
   <span
class="postal-code">94043</span>
   <script type="text/javascript">
  	if (navigator.microformatAware("hCard")){
   	document.write("<a href='#'
onclick='navigator.sendToAddressBook 
('hcard-Alex-Faaborg')'>Add to Address
Book</a>");
   	document.write(", ")
   	document.write("<a href='#'
onclick='navigator.sendToMap('hcard- 
Alex-Faaborg')'>Send to Map</a>");
   	}
   </script>
  </div>

> It seems you'll still need a way for the browser to
inject UI for  
> actions the content creator didn't foresee.

We can include these actions on context menus, and in the
browser UI  
(similar to Operator's interface).  However, I'm not sure
content  
creators would be too happy with Firefox modifying their
pages by  
literally injecting UI.

-Alex

On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:37 AM, Scott Reynen wrote:

> On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:33 AM, Alex Faaborg wrote:
>
>> Yes, while previous Firefox designs have focused on
the browser  
>> injecting UI into the page, this discussion is
about how the  
>> content creator should provide links and buttons
for acting on  
>> microformatted content.
>
> It seems you'll still need a way for the browser to
inject UI for  
> actions the content creator didn't foresee.  And for
that you'll  
> need to know 1) whether a given action is already
labeled by the  
> content creator, 2) where to put it if it's not, and 3)
what to do  
> with actions the content creator labels but Firefox
doesn't  
> understand.  For #1, each action will need a unique
identifier.   
> URLs make good unique identifiers on the web, and could
point to  
> somewhere useful (#3), removing the need for hidden
content.  For  
> #2, it might be useful to have something like
class="put-actions- 
> here".  I'd suggest something like this:
>
> <ul class="user-actions">
> 	<li><a href="http://
mozilla.org/add-to-address-book/" rel="user- 
> action">Add to Address
Book</a></li>
> 	<li><a href="http://random-website.org/crazy-unknown-action/" 

> rel="user-action">Do Something
Crazy</a></li>
> </ul>
>
> So if Firefox has two actions it could apply to a given
hCard, it  
> could do something like this:
>
> 1) find where the content creator wants user actions
inserted,  
> ul.user-actions
> 2) check all a[rel=user-action] for already-labeled
actions
> 3) compare those against available actions and update
UI accordingly:
> 3a) the action identified by the URL http://mozilla.org/add-to-

> address-book/ is already added and available, so update
the link to  
> point to the action rather than the identifier
> 3b) the action identified by http://maps.go
ogle.com/firefox/add-to- 
> map/ is available but not added, so add the action with
default label
> 3c) the action identified by http://random-websit
e.org/crazy- 
> unknown-action/ is added but not available, so offer a
prompt to  
> install the new action
>
> Peace,
> Scott
>
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