CFA/Web Feeds-Notes

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« Comparative Feature Analyses

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

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Apple Safari
  • Opera
  • Camino
  • SeaMonkey
  • Netscape
  • Maxthon
  • OmniWeb
  • Shiira
  • Flock
  • iCab
  •  ???

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

Extensions related to Web Feeds

Web services and other apps to investigate

Web services

Other apps

Use Cases

Web Feeds/Live Bookmarks

  • Receive notification of available web feed
  • Subscribe to a web feed locally
  • Subscribe to web feed using another service
  • Receive indication that I am already subscribed to a feed
  • Modify a subscribed web feed
  • Update/Refresh a subscribed web feed
  • Receive notification of new subscribed web feed items
  • View all subscribed web feeds
  • View properties of a single subscribed web feed
  • View new items from one or more selected web feeds
  • View new items from all selected web feeds
  • Mark one web feed item as read
  • Mark selected web feed items as read
  • Mark all web feed items as read
  • Visit source of web feed item
  • Remove a web feed
  • Organize web feeds
  • Tag web feeds
  • Group web feeds
  • Sort web feeds
  • Content retrieval (none, title, summary, full text, full content, +enclosures)
  • Content archiving (keep for X hours/days, keep forever, etc)

Other Features

List the other Web feed-related features a browser, add-on, or web service has if not listed above.

Results

Summary of unique and/or innovative features

Conclusions

References