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Firefox Plugin

Quick summary: Automatically bookmark a site after it has been open for a certain amount of time.


Traditional bookmarking (browser-based or with delicious) has a bit of overhead which prevents me from using it in all cases I would normally like to. Even though the overhead is low with plugins that can save to delicious with one or two clicks, I still have to remember to use them. This plugin would remove all overhead by continuously running in the background.

I've never written a Firefox plugin before, so I figured I'd describe what I want it to do and maybe someone has already heard of a plugin like this or knows how it would be done.

Feature List

  • Monitor browsing activity in the front window. If the current page has been open for X seconds, automatically post it to delicious. (or other bookmarking services)
    • Idle windows should not be considered for bookmarking, maybe monitor click/scroll activity to determine idleness
  • Blacklist of websites never to post, for web applications that remain open a long time like gmail, etc.
  • Don't post the same website twice
  • If you arrived on a page via a Google search, save your search terms as keywords to delicious (do Firefox plugins have access to the HTTP referer of a window?)
  • After bookmarking a site, slide up a small notification window like a windows tray notification
    • the window should have a button to "undo" the save
    • if posting to delicious, provide a link to the edit page on delicious where you could add more tags

Comments

If you have heard of something like this before, or if you'd like to write the plugin, feel free to comment below. Thanks!

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