openAdmin
10-23-2009, 08:11 PM
Mozilla Labs (http://labs.mozilla.com/)has released an open source prototype conversation aggregator and Web 2.0-style communications platform for Firefox, Safari and Chrome users called “Raindrop (http://labs.mozilla.com/raindrop)”. Note the absence of Internet Explorer in the list. ;)
The tool is supposed to “explore new ways to use open web technologies to create useful, compelling messaging experiences” by fetching conversations from emails, RSS feeds , twitter or any other social networking site . It then lets you pull out the important parts, and allows you to interact with them using your favorite web browser. Mozilla hopes to create a customizable, unified platform for all messaging applications on the Web.
According to their blog:
“When a friend’s link from YouTube or flickr arrives, your messaging client should be able to show the video or photos near or as part of the message, rather than rudely kicking you over to a separate browser tab”
“Notifications from computers and mailing lists should be organised for you, not clutter your inbox or require tedious manual filter setup. It should be easy to smoothly integrate new web services into your conversation viewer entirely using open web technologies.”
Anyone who wants to play around with the raindrop code by writing extensions that use standard open Web technologies like HTML, JavaScript and CSS can find more info here. (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Raindrop/Hacking)
The tool is supposed to “explore new ways to use open web technologies to create useful, compelling messaging experiences” by fetching conversations from emails, RSS feeds , twitter or any other social networking site . It then lets you pull out the important parts, and allows you to interact with them using your favorite web browser. Mozilla hopes to create a customizable, unified platform for all messaging applications on the Web.
According to their blog:
“When a friend’s link from YouTube or flickr arrives, your messaging client should be able to show the video or photos near or as part of the message, rather than rudely kicking you over to a separate browser tab”
“Notifications from computers and mailing lists should be organised for you, not clutter your inbox or require tedious manual filter setup. It should be easy to smoothly integrate new web services into your conversation viewer entirely using open web technologies.”
Anyone who wants to play around with the raindrop code by writing extensions that use standard open Web technologies like HTML, JavaScript and CSS can find more info here. (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Raindrop/Hacking)