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

[Alex Faaborg]

> Probably none of us here is the right ones to decide something like  
> this...

Fair enough, several other people have made this point as well.  We  
are always open to feedback about microformat detection in Firefox 3,  
so if anyone has any comments, please feel free to post them to this  
list or email me directly.

> FF3 perhaps shouldn't call it something

The menu which contacts, addresses and locations are listed under  
will need some form of name.  Also, journalists will probably want a  
feature name in press briefings and when they make product comparison  
tables, etc.  We aren't likely to call it SuperHyperMetaMagic, but we  
are going to need to call it something.

> Everybody can choose their own name and it will - by the power of  
> web 2.0 which microformat is very much a part of - become a good  
> word in the end.

Mozilla's user experience team is going to continue brainstorming the  
best way to expose microformat detection to end users, along with the  
rest of the mozilla community.  I'll post updates to this list from  
time to time, and it will be interesting to see what interfaces and  
names other people come up with as well.

-Alex


On Jun 28, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Pelle W wrote:

> Ryan King skrev:
>> On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:13 AM, Frances Berriman wrote:
>>> On 28/06/07, Thom Shannon <thom at ts0.com> wrote:
>>>> Exactly! We need a brand and a website that introduces people to  
>>>> the
>>>> concept, tells them where to get the plugins or the right  
>>>> browsers and
>>>> possibly encourages them to put pressure on their web guys to  
>>>> implement
>>>> them, "Want x's on your site? Then use Microformats"
>>> I think better encouragement would come from putting energy into
>>> creating tools, plug-ins, examples and tutorials for those people -
>>> rather than trying to re-brand something that's already something  
>>> else
>>> re-branded.
>> I couldn't agree more. I think this discussion is rather  
>> unproductive for this community. Just build the tools, design them  
>> well and get people to use them. If you never use the word  
>> 'microformat' in your application, that's fine. No harm, no foul,  
>> no need to build a new brand.
> To use a cool name for this - do it web 2.0 - we as a relatively  
> small group of which I'm relatively new can't decide what people  
> will call this and FF3 perhaps shouldn't call it something.  
> Everybody can choose their own name and it will - by the power of  
> web 2.0 which microformat is very much a part of - become a good  
> word in the end.
> Probably none of us here is the right ones to decide something like  
> this...
>
> / Pelle
>
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