Diigo sidebar for Safari/WebKit - 1161 views

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  #1 Graham Perrin on 16 Oct 08

   

  Whilst Safari may not lend itself to toolbars in the traditional sense, it may be possible to add sidebar features - comparable to those offered by Diigo toolbar for Firefox - to Safari and/or other WebKit-based browsers.
  
  Diigo Sidebar | This URL | Annotations
  is IMHO an aspect of Diigo with huge potential and it's this that I would like to be most prominent in a Safari sidebar.
  
  Annotations are probably not used most effectively, at this time, by Diigo users; only because people aren't drawn to the annotations interface with sufficient ease/immediacy. The three steps is debatably a disincentive.
  
  Exemplary approaches to sidebars in Safari include those found here:
  
  
  FWIW I make greatest use of Saft (though paradoxically, not the sidebar features of Saft; only because I have no need of them).
  
  (Cross reference where David.P expresses a direct approach to the third step.)
  
  See also open source-focused
  
  
  Thanks for consideration.
  
  Graham Perrin, Project/Media Development Officer
  CENTRIM - the Centre for Research in Innovation Management
  
  +44-1273-877922

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Whilst Safari may not lend itself to toolbars in the traditional sense, it may be possible to add sidebar features - comparable to those offered by Diigo toolbar for Firefox - to Safari and/or other WebKit-based browsers. <br /> <br /> Diigo Sidebar | This URL | Annotations <br /> is IMHO an aspect of Diigo with huge potential and it's this that I would like to be most prominent in a Safari sidebar. <br /> <br /> Annotations are probably not used most effectively, at this time, by Diigo users; only because people aren't drawn to the annotations interface with sufficient ease/immediacy. The three steps is debatably a disincentive. <br /> <br /> Exemplary approaches to sidebars in Safari include those found here: <br /> <http: /> <br /> <br /> FWIW I make greatest use of Saft (though paradoxically, not the sidebar features of Saft; only because I have no need of them). <br /> <br /> (Cross reference <http: /> where David.P expresses a direct approach to the third step.) <br /> <br /> See also open source-focused <br /> <http: /> <br /> <br /> Thanks for consideration. <br /> <br /> Graham Perrin, Project/Media Development Officer <br /> CENTRIM - the Centre for Research in Innovation Management <br /> <http: /> <br /> +44-1273-877922</div>

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  #2 Graham Perrin on 31 Oct 08

   

  http://groups.diigo.com/collaboration/forum/topic/we-value-your-opinion-eu-survey-on-internet-based-collaboration-in-support-of-the-research-process-6471 highlights an
  
  > EU survey on Internet-based collaboration in support of the research process
  
  http://n2.nabble.com/Plone-and-QUALOSS---QUALity-in-Open-Source-Software-tp1402419p1402419.html demonstrates considerable EU interest in OSS
  
  As Diigo is already recognised as an excellent tool for research and collaboration, I wonder whether any resource associated with those EU projects might be steered towards development of an open source approach to richer interaction between (a) Diigo and (b) WebKit-based browsers…
  
  * Chrome
  * Safari
  * etc..

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/collaboration/forum/topic/we-value-your-opinion-eu-survey-on-internet-based-collaboration-in-support-of-the-research-process-6471" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://groups.diigo.com/collaboration/forum/topic/we-value-your-opinion-eu-survey-on-internet-based-collaboration-in-support-of-the-research-process-6471</a> highlights an <br /> <br /> > EU survey on Internet-based collaboration in support of the research process <br /> <br /> <a href="http://n2.nabble.com/Plone-and-QUALOSS---QUALity-in-Open-Source-Software-tp1402419p1402419.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://n2.nabble.com/Plone-and-QUALOSS---QUALity-in-Open-Source-Software-tp1402419p1402419.html</a> demonstrates considerable EU interest in OSS <br /> <br /> As Diigo is already recognised as an excellent tool for research and collaboration, I wonder whether any resource associated with those EU projects might be steered towards development of an open source approach to richer interaction between (a) Diigo and (b) WebKit-based browsers… <br /> <br /> * Chrome <br /> * Safari <br /> * etc..</div>

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  #3 Graham Perrin on 01 Nov 08

   

  > Exemplary approaches to sidebars in Safari include those found here:
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  > See also open source-focused
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  I can't recall exactly the URLs that were lost from this thread but the main one would have been
  http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html
  
  OmniGroup are renowned for good use of UI features of Mac OS X - OmniWeb http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/ demonstrates sidebar thumbnails of tabs within a browser window - but that type of thing will be less portable to (say) Chrome.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">> Exemplary approaches to sidebars in Safari include those found here: <br /> … <br /> <br /> > See also open source-focused <br /> … <br /> <br /> I can't recall exactly the URLs that were lost from this thread but the main one would have been <br /> <a href="http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html</a> <br /> <br /> OmniGroup are renowned for good use of UI features of Mac OS X - OmniWeb <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/</a> demonstrates sidebar thumbnails of tabs within a browser window - but that type of thing will be less portable to (say) Chrome.</div>

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  #4 Graham Perrin on 16 Dec 08

   

  Subject: shifting focus away from the limited notion of a sidebar within WebKit-based browsers
  
  For the record, my thoughts over the past two months have shifted:
  
  * from integration (improvements that might be specific to Chrome or Safari)
  
  * to complements (applications, services and widgets that should be more useful than a sidebar).
  
  I use the expression 'widget' with hesitation. Related to widgets, there are a few preconceptions that should be set aside.
  
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  For my own purposes: I'm now treating this topic as closed.
  
  If any reader, now or in the future, wishes to pick up a sidebar-focused baton: please, go ahead :)

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Subject: shifting focus away from the limited notion of a sidebar within WebKit-based browsers <br /> <br /> For the record, my thoughts over the past two months have shifted: <br /> <br /> * from integration (improvements that might be specific to Chrome or Safari) <br /> <br /> * to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/a-plea-developments-for-users-of-the-web-not-for-firefox-internet-explorer-and-flock-alone-8956#5">complements</a> (applications, services and widgets that should be more useful than a sidebar). <br /> <br /> I use the expression 'widget' with hesitation. Related to widgets, there are a few preconceptions that should be set aside. <br /> <br /> ---- <br /> <br /> For my own purposes: I'm now treating this topic as closed. <br /> <br /> If any reader, now or in the future, wishes to pick up a sidebar-focused baton: please, go ahead :)</div>

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