[uf-discuss] Microsummaries in Firefox

Ryan King ryan at technorati.com
Tue Mar 21 15:37:18 PST 2006


On Mar 21, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Chris Messina wrote:
> The definition:
>
>     A microsummary is a short compilation of the most important
>     information on a web page, f.e. the ticker symbol and price
>     for a stock quote page.
>
>     TWX: 17.07
>
>     A microsummary definition is a simple XML snippet telling
>     Firefox how to generate a microsummary for a set of pages.
>
> The walk-thru: http://www.melez.com/mozilla/microsummaries/ 
> walkthrough.html
>
> The proposal: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries
>
> I feel like this is a perfect place for microformats -- and not  
> XML. Anyone
> have thoughts on this concept?

I think <h*> are good enough.

-r


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