[dba-Tech] I have a dream

Kathryn Bassett kathryn at bassett.net
Sun Jun 29 11:22:32 CDT 2014


I would *love* an app like that. Open all my genealogy sites at once!
Another group would be all the websites I maintain. Can't help you, but
would definitely test it (Firefox).
Kathryn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-
> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: 29 Jun 2014 7:12 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] I have a dream
> 
> I know, that's a cheesy subject title, but while less ambitious than M.L.
> King's dream, I still think it's worth a moment's attention.
> 
> First of all, to bring it to fruition, I need to learn something about how
to
> write an add-in for FireFox and Google. Then I need to build it and
release it
> for free to anyone who suffers the same problem as I.
> 
> Here's the notion: groups of web pages, loaded automatically with a single
> click on the new "Groups" button. For example (and not that you need
> subscribe to my groups -- the whole point is that you create your own
> groups. But let's stick with mine, just as an example:
> 
> Group 1: News
> nytimes.com
> torontostar.com
> theregister.co.uk
> 
> Group 2: Coding
> accessD at databaseadvisors.com
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> alphasoftware.com
> 
> Group 3: Literature
> nybooks.com
> wikipedia.com
> 
> etc.
> 
> The point is, I want to replace my bookmarks toolbar with these sets of
> pages, so that with one click I discard the current set and load a
predefined
> set of pages all at once. And I don't think I'm the only person in the
world to
> wish this were possible.
> 
> What language do I achieve this in? Javascript? HTML 5? I don't know, so
your
> advice would be helpful.
> 
> --
> Arthur
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