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 > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com