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== Annotations == | == Annotations == | ||
Allow the browser to make annotations of arbitrary parts of text and | Allow the browser to make annotations of arbitrary parts of text and publish them as web pages. Publishing will require servers, which can be provided by volunteers initially, and businesses when the concept is proven. | ||
*How would you be able to get companies to go along with this? Most corporations would be afraid people would attach annotations to their pages and start spamming. Also, how would you address some pages that are collectively represented by one URL? | * How would you be able to get companies to go along with this? Most corporations would be afraid people would attach annotations to their pages and start spamming. Also, how would you address some pages that are collectively represented by one URL? | ||
** Companies, and all web page authors, would not have a say in what others publish about their webpages, just as today. The difference with annotations is that they are easier to create and link to a portion of a web page. This is a vehicle for free speech, global understanding and democracy. Users will be able to choose to see or hide the annotations of a web page they are visiting. As for implementation, the annotations may be stored together with a digest (MD5 sum) or cached local copy of the web page or portion of page that they refer to. | |||
== Zoom == | == Zoom == | ||
Allow the user to increase and decrease (zoom) all content on a rendered web page, including text, images and flash, at the same time by the same factor. This should be possible using only the keyboard or using only a pointing device, and the current zoom factor should be shown in the status bar. | Allow the user to increase and decrease (zoom) all content on a rendered web page, including text, images and flash, at the same time by the same factor. This should be possible using only the keyboard or using only a pointing device, and the current zoom factor should be shown in the status bar. | ||