Comments on: Firefox Extensions and the New Web Paradigm http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/ The official AllPeers blog Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Josh Gentry http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6409 Josh Gentry Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:35:30 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6409 On the structured data argument; Have you read Shirky's <a href="//www.shirky.com/writings/evolve.html" rel="nofollow">In Praise of Evolvable Systems</a> and <a href="http://www.shirky.com/writings/semantic_syllogism.html" rel="nofollow">The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview</a>? Powerful arguments for unstructured. On the structured data argument; Have you read Shirky’s In Praise of Evolvable Systems and The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview? Powerful arguments for unstructured.

]]> By: FF user http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6408 FF user Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:59:51 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6408 as a very-skeptical-about-adding-a-P2P-thing-in-FireFox i'm still far from convinced that it's a good idea. First it's like giving all the Anti-FF cie. a woodstick to beat us. "Looook that FireFox monster can even help terrorists share their illegal MP3's " ( as a very-skeptical-about-adding-a-P2P-thing-in-FireFox i’m still far from convinced that it’s a good idea.

First it’s like giving all the Anti-FF cie. a woodstick to beat us. “Looook that FireFox monster can even help terrorists share their illegal MP3’s ” (

]]> By: The Dumping Ground http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6406 The Dumping Ground Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:44:21 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6406 <strong>What Does "Web Paradigm" Mean, Anyway? (Part 4)</strong> First of all, sorry for the delay in posting this last part. I've had a great majority of it written for some time, but - as Faulkner once wrote - life intervened. I know there has been a trackback to part 3, and I have intentionally forgone reading... What Does “Web Paradigm” Mean, Anyway? (Part 4)

First of all, sorry for the delay in posting this last part. I’ve had a great majority of it written for some time, but - as Faulkner once wrote - life intervened. I know there has been a trackback to part 3, and I have intentionally forgone reading…

]]> By: Bits and Buzz » P2P For Web 2.0: Brainstorming http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6388 Bits and Buzz » P2P For Web 2.0: Brainstorming Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:30:10 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6388 [...] one client, similar to Groove, but geared for the consumer market. Related links: Great Allpeers article (from Allpeers’ blog) about extension [...] […] one client, similar to Groove, but geared for the consumer market. Related links: Great Allpeers article (from Allpeers’ blog) about extension […]

]]> By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6387 Matt Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:38:28 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6387 Yes, but there is active work underway to fix this so that all Mozilla-based apps share the same runtime. In any case, I think that the advantages of browser integration go deeper than just using Mozilla for many types of apps. Sometimes you want to press the back button in the browser and return to a screen that isn't a webpage at all, for example. This can only work if the app in question is hosted in the same window as the normal web browser. Yes, but there is active work underway to fix this so that all Mozilla-based apps share the same runtime.

In any case, I think that the advantages of browser integration go deeper than just using Mozilla for many types of apps. Sometimes you want to press the back button in the browser and return to a screen that isn’t a webpage at all, for example. This can only work if the app in question is hosted in the same window as the normal web browser.

]]> By: mwarden http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6384 mwarden Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:53:09 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/01/17/firefox-extensions-and-the-new-web-paradigm/#comment-6384 If you ran it as standalone using XULRunner, does that mean if one had your app, FF, and Thunderbird running, there would be (approx) 3x the memory usage as if they were running off the same instance of the engine? If you ran it as standalone using XULRunner, does that mean if one had your app, FF, and Thunderbird running, there would be (approx) 3x the memory usage as if they were running off the same instance of the engine?

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