On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Aleksander Kmetec wrote:
Hey, everyone!
I was hoping you could give me some feedback on my proof-of-concept
mobile bowser which is called Mosembro.
Hi Aleksander,
Hearing about Mosembro is *the* reason I downloaded the Android
SDK. ;) So at least in concept, my feedback is purely positive. I like
this idea a lot. It's one I might call "brilliantly obvious in
retrospect." (A compliment.)
It is meant to demonstrate how taking advantage of embedded semantic
metadata (in this case microformats) can help us build a more user-
friendly browser for mobile devices. Since mobile devices are much
more awkward to use than full size computers, even simple things
like automating a task which would otherwise require you to copy
some text from one app to another, can make a huge difference.
You can have a look at it here:
http://lexandera.com/mosembro/
Regards,
Aleksander
I'm curious, do you describe or document the microformat that Mosembro
uses to provide its "consistent site-wide search" functionality
anywhere? I'm having a look around and playing with Mosembro in
Android's emulator now, but I can't seem to find mention of this idea
anywhere on the Microformats wiki or the mailing list archives, and my
Java knowledge is way too poor to efficiently go code diving into
Mosembro's sources. I also tried to locate the address of the
"Mosembro Demo Page" to see if I could view the source, but alas, I'm
not seeing an option or that.
(Note that it's very possible I'm simply overlooking something, as is
this is the first time I've ever seen Google's Android interface.)
Moreover, the idea of extracting a consistent search interface
(perhaps with a standardized microformat) is appealing to me since
many sites provide their own search forms but their locations and
visual appearance varies wildly from site to site (and even between a
single site's redesigns). On a mobile interface, it is often a
nuisance to try and find the search functionality for each site.
Therefore, a consistent UI presented by the user agent itself is
preferable, as long as it can plug the entered text from the UI to the
web site's own search field (which I am assuming is the point of what
you describe possible in Mosembro, yes?).
Has there been discussion about a search microformat for functionality
such as described above before? If so, is someone able (and willing)
to point me in that direction so I can read up?
Thanks very much!
Cheers,
-Meitar Moscovitz
Personal: http://maymay.net
Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com
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