Comments on: Microsummary Manager 0.5 Alpha http://screwedbydesign.com/software/2007/02/microsummary_manager_05_alpha.html Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ryan http://screwedbydesign.com/software/2007/02/microsummary_manager_05_alpha.html/comment-page-1#comment-23 Ryan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:24:57 +0000 http://www.screwedbydesign.com/software2/?p=7#comment-23 Hi JW, sorry about the extreme delay in moderating/responding to your comment - I was off on vacation. In Firefox there are generally two unique (but sort of related) things lumped under the microsummary name: Live titles (which are regular bookmarks with titles that are updated via microsummaries) and microsummary generators (which allow site authors and anyone willing to construct a generator to extract text from any page via XSLT to be displayed as a live title). This extension mainly provides an interface for deleting microsummary generators (Firefox provides limited UI for installation, but none for uninstalling) and not much more at this point - though I hope to change that once I've got some free time! ;) As a user, microsummaries are exposed when you're bookmarking a page. If a site offers microsummaries, you'll see the name field turn into a drop down menu where can choose to use the site's provided microsummary. If the site does not offer a microsummary, this is where the generators come in. http://userstyles.org/livetitle for example offers generators for sites which don't provide microsummaries. If you were to install one of those and then bookmark a site which it operates on, you would see the same drop down menu and the new generated title offered. It's a bit late so above probably isn't as clear as it could be, but in short: microsummaries are pieces of web pages extracted at a regular interval (usually 30min) and displayed in the place of a regular bookmark's title. http://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries has a pretty good explanation as well. - Ryan Hi JW, sorry about the extreme delay in moderating/responding to your comment – I was off on vacation.

In Firefox there are generally two unique (but sort of related) things lumped under the microsummary name: Live titles (which are regular bookmarks with titles that are updated via microsummaries) and microsummary generators (which allow site authors and anyone willing to construct a generator to extract text from any page via XSLT to be displayed as a live title).

This extension mainly provides an interface for deleting microsummary generators (Firefox provides limited UI for installation, but none for uninstalling) and not much more at this point – though I hope to change that once I’ve got some free time! ;)

As a user, microsummaries are exposed when you’re bookmarking a page. If a site offers microsummaries, you’ll see the name field turn into a drop down menu where can choose to use the site’s provided microsummary. If the site does not offer a microsummary, this is where the generators come in. http://userstyles.org/livetitle for example offers generators for sites which don’t provide microsummaries. If you were to install one of those and then bookmark a site which it operates on, you would see the same drop down menu and the new generated title offered.

It’s a bit late so above probably isn’t as clear as it could be, but in short: microsummaries are pieces of web pages extracted at a regular interval (usually 30min) and displayed in the place of a regular bookmark’s title.

http://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries has a pretty good explanation as well.

- Ryan

]]> By: JW http://screwedbydesign.com/software/2007/02/microsummary_manager_05_alpha.html/comment-page-1#comment-22 JW Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:01:38 +0000 http://www.screwedbydesign.com/software2/?p=7#comment-22 Ryan, I guess I don't know what your Microsummary Manager really does or how to make proper use of it. I don't know how to really use a Microsummary or what it does for me. I know, you're probably thinking that's pretty lame, but I've never used one or if I did I didn't know I was using one. Please enlighten me. I checked out the following page, but still feel pretty stupid about it: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_Microsummary I was a programmer while in undergrad (now work in network security and am mainly a manager using my MBA more than my BS), so no need to dumb it down too much, but when I ran across your add-on I found myself wondering, "WTF?" Thanks, JW Ryan,
I guess I don’t know what your Microsummary Manager really does or how to make proper use of it.

I don’t know how to really use a Microsummary or what it does for me. I know, you’re probably thinking that’s pretty lame, but I’ve never used one or if I did I didn’t know I was using one. Please enlighten me. I checked out the following page, but still feel pretty stupid about it:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_Microsummary

I was a programmer while in undergrad (now work in network security and am mainly a manager using my MBA more than my BS), so no need to dumb it down too much, but when I ran across your add-on I found myself wondering, “WTF?”

Thanks,
JW

]]> By: Jason http://screwedbydesign.com/software/2007/02/microsummary_manager_05_alpha.html/comment-page-1#comment-21 Jason Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:54:02 +0000 http://www.screwedbydesign.com/software2/?p=7#comment-21 MM0.5alpha doesn't work with "MR Tech Local Install" and/or "All in one Sidebar" installed. MM0.5alpha doesn’t work with “MR Tech Local Install” and/or “All in one Sidebar” installed.

]]> By: sbt http://screwedbydesign.com/software/2007/02/microsummary_manager_05_alpha.html/comment-page-1#comment-20 sbt Mon, 14 May 2007 23:19:20 +0000 http://www.screwedbydesign.com/software2/?p=7#comment-20 <p>a concept/wish for a generic-site generator, if possible:<br /> 1) finds dates (in various formats!)<br /> 2) user chooses date-format to which to convert, and to append that to either lead or tail of title/bkmk.</p> <p>can two generators operate upon same url?<br /> if yes, then how to set generators' sequence?</p> a concept/wish for a generic-site generator, if possible:
1) finds dates (in various formats!)
2) user chooses date-format to which to convert, and to append that to either lead or tail of title/bkmk.

can two generators operate upon same url?
if yes, then how to set generators’ sequence?

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