Mike Chambers wrote: > On Dec 10, 2004, at 6:16 PM, Spike wrote: > >> >>I don't really want to be notified about all the news from Macromedia >>bloggers, > > > Well, seeing as that is all the extension does, I can see why you > un-installed it.
Yup, and that's not to say it's not a nice piece of work, it's just frustrating that it could be really useful to me and isn't :-/ > > >> >>If it was configurable to allow you to add feed URLs and to allow you >>to >>view the summaries as a tooltip in the news list then it would be a >>different story because it is nice to be notified when someone posts >>news you actually want to read. > > > Yeah. I was explicitly trying not to make it a general purpose > aggregator. Is there a particular reason why not? I think a general purpose one would be very popular if it was done well. One thing I am considering is releasing a version that is > just for ColdFusion, and one just for Flash (in addition to the > Macromedia one). I would probably use it if I could filter specific bloggers and/or categories. I wouldn't really mind whether it worked as an opt-in or opt-out filter, but it would certainly be handy. > > I will also be adding support for installing the extension in > Thunderbird (early next week). > > >> The only thing I'm missing from >>Thunderbird is an option for a system tray notification that works the >>same way for news feeds as it does for email. > > > If you know some Javascript, and can pick up some simple XUL / XML, > then it would be pretty simple to add this to Thunderbird yourself. > That's a good point. I might have a bit of a play around one day and see if I can get it done. > mike chambers > > > >>Jeff Small wrote: >> >>>Okay, this is a PERFECT time to jump in here and pimp this thing... >>> >>>http://www.markme.com/macromedianews/ >>> >>>Dude, if you're using Firefox, you HAVE to load this extension. It's >>>frickin >>>unbelievable. It's single-handedly the coolest extension I've ever >>>used. It >>>blinks when there's updated content, it loads in a tab in the >>>background, >>>and it's just the most ubiquitous little way to keep up with the >>>macromedia >>>blog universe. >>> >>>I'm hooked like crack...er...not that I've ever tried >>>crack...er...the drug, >>>I mean...anyway, try that extension. It rules. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187220 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
