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Updating OpenService for Microformats

This post details the ongoing work that Gustavo Garcia and I have been doing at http://microformats.org/wiki/OpenService_Extensions. Our stated goal is to figure out the best way to extend Microsoft’s OpenService specification to allow for microformat support (and possibly other functionality). … Continue reading

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Microsoft Screwed Up Activities API Docs – It's addService NOT AddService

UPDATE: jst ROCKS! – I was able to do exactly what he said and I now have both cases of APIs working in my extension. OK, this is really starting to bother me because Activities are starting to show up … Continue reading

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New Activities, Updated Operator and More

I’ve made version 0.6 of Firefox Activities available in the Add-ons Sandbox. If you like it, please review it so I can get it moved out of the Sandbox. This version has a working preview for Firefox 3, as well … Continue reading

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An Analysis of Microsoft Activities

People seem to think that because I implemented Microsoft Activities for Firefox that I am agreeing with Microsoft’s solution. That conclusion is not correct. I simply implemented Activities because I thought it would be fun. But in the process of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Activities for Firefox – New Version

I have an update for Activities that adds preview and fixes some bugs. If you just want that, skip to the end of the post. One of the things I realized as I worked on this extension is just how … Continue reading

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More Microsoft Activities for Firefox (Calling out Microsoft)

I’ve made lots of progress since yesterday. I hope to have a new version available today. I thought I’d start the day by calling out Microsoft for not even following their own spec (and you too Yahoo!). What part of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Activities for Firefox

After looking at Microsoft Activities in IE8 and noticing that they look suspiciously like my ideas around actions in Operator, I decided to implement them in Firefox. For your downloading pleasure, here is a first pass at Activities support in … Continue reading

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