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    January 23, 2010
    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
    Sat, Jan 23, 2010 5:00pm -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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