Alex Faaborg wrote[edited for chronology]: > On Jun 27, 2007, at 4:52 PM, Thom Shannon wrote: > > Yeah, exactly that kind of thing. > > > > A lot of the power of MF reminds me of Smart Tags in Office XP, > > maybe we could look to the way that was marketed and some > of the UI > > stuff it did was really good. > > > > IntelliTags > > Infolets > > Infobits > > Open Smart Tags? ;-) > > > I'm a little wary of associating microformats too closely with Smart > Tags or IntelliSense given the massive public outcry Microsoft > received when they considered including the feature in IE6. There > are obviously some very important distinctions between the two > systems, (microformats are open and extensible, and web site > creators > place microformats in their pages instead of the browser injecting > them). But these distinctions may be subtle enough to cause some > initial confusion if the user facing name is similar.
I would suggest that uF aren't about the formating or the tagging. It's about the data. Perhaps SmartData. I'm not sure I like that, but it's sort of what uF does for you. Dumb data can't be heard/seen. Dumb data stuck in HTML is almost useless for augmenting the browsing experience or assimilating into the semantic web. SmartData is instantly available to apps in a way they can actually use. SmartData in HTML allows standard javascript and browser plug-ins to do smart things. For me, the question is what does the non-developer end-user perceive when they see the "SmartData" icon? How does that relate to their world? It isn't about the formatting or the HTML tags... Those are things that end-users don't really care about or even conceptuallize. When Grandma visits MovieFone.com and it has a "SmartData" icon, I think maybe it will eventually make sense that clicking on the icon lets her add that movie to her Outlook calendar... Note also that I would say SmartData is any POSH that is understood by the client app in a smart way. uF are the broadest library of POSH, but certainly not the only option. SmartText might also work. $0.02 worth of product branding. -j -- Joe Andrieu SwitchBook Software http://www.switchbook.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (805) 705-8651 _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
