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

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <4683C072.7010201 at fatbusinessman.com>, David Thompson 
<microformats at fatbusinessman.com> writes

>> We need a way to get across to people that content can be lifted out 
>>of  pages and used in useful ways, when those pages support it. And 
>>people  need to call it something. Maybe it should just be "Reusable 
>>Information".
>
>"The new version of our browser will let you pull contacts and events 
>out of web pages and into your address book and calendar."
>
>What's wrong with that?

It doesn't tell people why it will work on some sites and not others; or 
that there's a way they can change the pages they publish to make the 
content available is such a way.

We *do* need some sort of label, to tell people that this is something 
new.

-- 
Andy Mabbett