CFA/Bookmarks-Notes
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I may break "Microsummaries" out and do it separately. I have already broken Web Feeds/Live Bookmarks out to do separately (see Web Feeds, Notes).
Contents
Purpose
Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes:
- Which features are available
- How each handles a list of use cases (below)
- A summary of where each is different/unique
- Some conclusions about which aspects seem most innovative and interesting that we might want to consider for Firefox
Research
Browsers to investigate
- Firefox 2
- Camino
- Flock
- iCab
- IE 7
- Maxthon 2
- Netscape
- OmniWeb
- Opera
- Safari
- SeaMonkey
- Shiira
General browser notes
- Platform support (Win, OSX, Linux, others?)
- Produced by (company/organization)
- Based on what other browser/rendering engine, if any?
- Date of last browser update, if known
- Price
- Open Source? If so, under what license?
Firefox Add-ons to investigate
Key: b=bookmarks, h=history, v=some kind of view, o=organizer, p=posting UI, e=enhancement to existing UI (following list is largely from Dietrich).
Extensions with view/organize UI
- Yahoo Delicious (b/v/p) link
- Total Recall link
- Microsummary Manager link
- HyperBK (b/h) link
- Trailfire (h) link
- Blue Organizer (b) link
- del.icio.us Complete [1]
- Flat Bookmark Editing link
- My Portal link
- MS Generator link
Misc (or not sure)
- Tark (temporary bookmarks) link
- Boox link
- Official del.icio.us link
- Ma.gnolia.com link
- Locate in BM Folders link
- AutoMarks link
Web services/apps to investigate
- del.icio.us
- ma.gnolia.com
- Yahoo MyWeb
- Foxmarks web UI
- delicious director
- spurl
- start.com (MS)
- Google bookmarks
General Capabilities
The following will be done as Y/N in a table with notes and observations following as footnotes.
- Add/manage regular bookmarks
- Add/manage quick bookmarks
- Bookmark toolbar
- Multiple bookmark toolbars
- Bookmark organizer
- Bookmark organizer as sidebar
- Bookmark organization - Tagging
- Bookmark organization - Folders
- Bookmark organization - Smartfolders
- Bookmark organization - Autosorting
- Searching bookmarks - Simple
- Searching bookmarks - Advanced
- Bookmarking Tabs - Single tabs
- Bookmarking Tabs - Groups of tabs
- Open groups of bookmarked tabs
- Export bookmarks
- Import bookmarks
- Sync bookmarks, no server component
- Sync bookmarks, server component
- Sync bookmarks, server + web app component
- Share bookmarks - with general public
- Share bookmarks - with set group
- Share bookmarks - with one other person
- Share bookmarks - with self-only (private)
- Bookmark keywords
- Bookmark smart keywords
- Annotate bookmarks
- In-page annotations
- Share annotations
- Organize annotations
- Search annotations
Other Features
List the other Bookmark-related features a browser, add-on, or web service has if not listed above.
