Three constraints that are holding the web back

Re:Three constraints that are holding the web back by TweedHeads on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @09:20AM (#552664)

Notifications as a firefox extension:

- Start a listener in Firefox

- Get alerts from websites in the bookmarks toolbar

- Display subtle alert count next to icon in bookmarks toolbar.

No disruption.

Users can control who can send them alerts.

Simply add/remove icons from bookmarks toolbar.

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Re:Three constraints that are holding the web back by TweedHeads on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @09:25AM (#552676)

This might kill rss readers since I can track an rss feed placing an icon in the bookmarks bar alerting me when new stories are out.

So, mix alerts with rss alerts for a more complete solution.

Here is an average bookmarks bar:

- Gmail

- Twitter

- Facebook

- HackerNews

- Google Analytics (spikes in traffic)

- Paul Graham RSS

You could easily add family alerts, amber alerts, CNN breaking news, security cam alerts, etc

A new wave of web services will emerge like cnn.com/alerts, google/alerts, yourwebsite/alerts

Possibilities are endless...

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Re:Three constraints that are holding the web back by TweedHeads on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @09:35AM (#552684)

I've always thought that web 3.0 would be a 3-way web and this looks like the right place to start.

The mobile world is ahead of us in this aspect.

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Re:Three constraints that are holding the web back by TweedHeads on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @09:45AM (#552690)

Ok, Mozilla guys, this one is for you. I would like to see this implemented in Firefox 4.0. Show the world you can do it. Opera will be working on it as we speak.

No listener for the moment, just poll the site every x minutes and make it configurable for every site.

Add these new properties to the bookmarks: [x] Alert. Every [10] Mins

Simple.

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