[uf-discuss] microformats for normal people, like my mum

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Thu Jun 28 04:35:52 PDT 2007


In message <41F0355F-62DE-43C6-BF03-86E3DAD30F87 at mozilla.com>, Alex 
Faaborg <faaborg at mozilla.com> writes

>this  description would finish the sentence "features of Firefox 3 
>include  support for offline Web applications, private browsing, 
>blocking  malware, and __[user facing way of saying microformat 
>detection]__"
>
>...data detection?
>...semantic browsing?
>...data browsing?
>...semantic data detection?
>...semantic data browsing?
>...semantic data navigating?

"data extraction"

Though it strikes me as odd that we expend efforts trying to raise 
"brand awareness" for microformats, then start top discuss renaming 
them...

We should think long and hard about whether that's a good idea.

-- 
Andy Mabbett


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