On 10/3/07, Simon Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > A question: I realize that this a bit outside the scope of this > > > project but would it be possible to turn this into a browser plugin? > > > While surfing inside BibDesk is nice, most people probably preferred > > > to use Safari for this. So what would be ideal IMO is a Zotero-like > > > approach. Have a plugin for your Webkit browser which will tell you > > > if a website contains bibliographic data - two clicks and the > > data is > > > imported into BibDesk. As I said, I know this is quite a request but > > > it seems like the natural way to do this, especially if more formats > > > get added. > > > > I sort of like this idea, and I believe that it will be getting easier > > to write such plugins for safari in 10.5. > > > > I only say 'sort of' because I don't use safari all the time, I > > believe Adam is an OmniWeb user, and I think this is representative - > > we would have to write plugins for many browsers. > > Not that I know anything about the technical details, but OmniWeb is > based on WebKit. Wouldn't a WebKit-based plugin be possible? This > would cover many browsers, and Gecko-based browsers are already > covered with Zotero.
My last understanding was that they used the lower levels of web kit for rendering but didn't use all of it. I'm really not sure, but at any rate it's easier to build it into BibDesk, and let BD read the browser's bookmarks for integration. Maybe the upcoming changes to webkit will change that. > > > I also think that as the web group feature matures, there will be some > > advantages to having the browser be part of Bibdesk, such as providing > > special actions to download PDFs and file them automatically... > > > > > > > > O, and here's the mandatory request: Any plans for supporting Aleph > > > output and/or worldcat.org? > > > > Um, no plans as of yet. If you're interested in learning a bit of > > XPath and Objc, I'd be glad to help you modify one of the existing > > scrapers to work with worldcat. > > Maybe I'll look into this later this week, but I really have no clue > about Objc ... Feel free to ask anything. > -- > Simon Spiegel > Steinhaldenstr. 50 > 8002 Zürich > > Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 > Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 > > > http://www.simifilm.ch > > "Was soll aus mir mal werden, wenn ich mal nicht mehr bin?" Robert > Gernhardt > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop > -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
