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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><h1>browser advocacy</h1><br />
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Part of the larger microformats [[advocacy]] effort. Adding microformats support to [[browsers]] makes them immediately more useful to users.<br />
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In addition third-party developers should be encouraged to make their relevant browser add-ons microformat aware; or to create new add-ons with microformat capabilities.<br />
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==Firefox==<br />
See [[firefox]] for current support.<br />
=== Firefox developments ===<br />
*Mozilla are "brainstorming" developments for Firefox 3.0 and beyond, and have a page on microformat handling at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming:Microformat_Handling<br />
===ReminderFox===<br />
*The makers of the [http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/ ReminderFox] extension have put hCalendar support on their [http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/userrequests.html ReminderFox "to do" list].<br />
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===LinkAlert===<br />
*The [http://conlan89.googlepages.com/linkalert LinkAlert] extension could signal when a link is marked as a tag (likewise for other "rel" attributes). [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]<br />
**Requested by e-mail 2006-12-29. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]<br />
**Response 2007-01-07: "Thank you for your feedback, I will consider adding [...] rel in a future update."<br />
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===GreaseMap===<br />
*[http://www.vinq.com/greasemap/ GreaseMap]: Geo/ Adr/ hCard/ hCalendar; requested by e-mail 2007-08-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]<br />
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==Opera==<br />
* First reference to "microformats" in the [http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=169975&t=1166045417&page=1#comment1851680 Opera forums]. 2006-12-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]<br />
*[http://www.operamini.com/ Opera Mini] (and other browsers on telephones) could especially benefit from recognising the "tel" attributes of hCard, and allowing users to dial numbers found on-line.<br />
**[http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=169978 Proposed on forum] 2006-12-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]<br />
* We've been looking into Microformats for a while, and we are in the process of rolling out Microformats support on [http://my.opera.com/ My Opera] and [http://dev.opera.com/ Dev Opera]. Feel free to contact me with any additional suggestions of what you'd like to see. - [[User:DStorey|David Storey]]<br />
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== screenreaders ==<br />
*Screenreaders (e.g [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp Jaws]) could recognise telephone number components of hCards, to differentiate them from other strings of digits. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 13:02, 9 Dec 2006 (PST)<br />
** Additional to this, I believe that screen reader users would benefit from being able to recognise any of the microformats. For example, there is value in being verbally notified that a page contains "1 contact and 3 events", or being able to seek out rel attributes with help values. [[User:Phae|Frances Berriman]]<br />
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== see also ==<br />
* [[browsers]]<br />
* [[advocacy]]</div>Tantek