Closed Bug 421504 Opened 18 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Support Microsoft WebSlices

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Bookmarks & History
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

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Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: aja+bugzilla, Unassigned)

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Details

I've got an extension I'm working on that adds WebSlices as complement to our existing microsummary functionality. I'll probably have a semi-working prototype done up by the weekend.
Assignee: nobody → rflint
Component: General → Microsummaries
QA Contact: general → microsummaries
I hope to have an extension adding a toolbar for webslices and working ok with feedurl-based slices in a few hours/days.
Severity: normal → enhancement
http://tinyurl.com/225g7n
Severity: enhancement → normal
Component: Microsummaries → General
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Component: General → Microsummaries
That's good, but Firefox should support them anyway. The end-user shouldn't have to download an add-on to use an important service like this.
Oh and do you think you could get your add-on to make the webslice bar disappear when there are no webslices on it?
(In reply to comment #6) > Oh and do you think you could get your add-on to make the webslice bar > disappear when there are no webslices on it? Yes, but then I need to move the blue button in that bar and make it available in the standard toolbars.
I tried bumping v0.2 of your webchunks extension to Fx3.0-RC1 (bumped it). Many web pages came up blank, or to be more precise, seemed to load and then disappear.
(In reply to comment #8) > I tried bumping v0.2 of your webchunks extension to Fx3.0-RC1 (bumped it). Many > web pages came up blank, or to be more precise, seemed to load and then > disappear. See http://tinyurl.com/4fzvd7
Would have chosen wanted‑firefox3.1, but it's disable for me; so nominating for blocking‑firefox3.1. Firefox should support Internet Explorer new features, to not lose already gained users.
Flags: blocking-firefox3.1?
Flags: blocking-firefox3.1?
Moving enhancement request, since I'm going to close all microsummaries bugs due to core product feature removal.
Assignee: rflint → nobody
Component: Microsummaries → Bookmarks & History
QA Contact: microsummaries → bookmarks
I think we should mark this as WONTFIX, now, since WebSlices haven't exactly took off. No one other than MS or some of their partners use them, so I don't think it would benefit anyone if this was implemented in Firefox as well.
Probably true, but it's not something I want to automatically close. For sure these kiind of feature should first be suggested as add-ons and then taken only if the general request is satisfying.
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Whiteboard: [wontfix?]
the benefit here is quite small, considered they are not a standard by any mean, not even advertized as before in IE10. They actually look like a really good candidate for an add-on like WebChunks, but they don't look like a needed core feature atm, this could be re-evaluated if things should change in future.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Whiteboard: [wontfix?]
(In reply to Marco Bonardo [:mak] from comment #14) > the benefit here is quite small, considered they are not a standard by any > mean, not even advertized as before in IE10. They actually look like a > really good candidate for an add-on like WebChunks, but they don't look like > a needed core feature atm, this could be re-evaluated if things should > change in future. I am WebChunks' author and I entirely agree. The WebSlices feature never attracted masses and it's an almost extinct mechanism anyway. I'm not working on WebChunks any more.
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