Incredibly useful Firefox addon: Hyperwords
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From: Ron Johnson on 14 Mar 2010 01:20 On 2010-03-13 19:21, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600 > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > > ... > >> Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back in >> the 1960s. > > Apparently, it can be argued * that much of the standard modern > computer UI paradigm is "based on the ideas of Douglas Engelbart". > > * Weasel wording, since ISTR that there's some controversy about how > much credit he actually deserves) > This article, written by a former employee of both PARC in it's glory days and Apple when creating the Mac, is very enlightening. http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.txt -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B9C7EC5.40100(a)cox.net
From: Kelly Harding on 14 Mar 2010 01:40 On 13 March 2010 10:20, Paul Cartwright <ale(a)pcartwright.com> wrote: > On Sat March 13 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back in >> the 1960s. >> >> http://www.hyperwords.net/ > > it doesn't like iceweasel.. > latest version requires v3.5/v3.6 or above, so maybe thats your problem? To OP, thanks, looks an interesting addon, been thinking about wanting to do something like this for a while now! kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e4f72f791003132234x28f2d007y161d8be43707a992(a)mail.gmail.com
From: owens on 14 Mar 2010 11:00 > > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net >To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Incredibly useful Firefox addon: Hyperwords >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:14:29 -0600 > >>On 2010-03-13 19:21, Celejar wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600 >>> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> >>>> Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back >in >>>> the 1960s. >>> >>> Apparently, it can be argued * that much of the standard modern >>> computer UI paradigm is "based on the ideas of Douglas Engelbart". >>> >>> * Weasel wording, since ISTR that there's some controversy about >how >>> much credit he actually deserves) >>> >> >>This article, written by a former employee of both PARC in it's >>glory days and Apple when creating the Mac, is very enlightening. >> >>http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=On_Xero >x,_Apple_and_Progress.txt >> >>-- >>Ron Johnson, Jr. >>Jefferson LA USA >> >>"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given >>us arms." Mike Ditka >> PARC had a (sordid) history of wonderful inventions (the STAR system, Ethernet) which somehow never made it to market via Xerox Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >listmaster(a)lists.debian.org >>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B9C7EC5.40100(a)cox.net >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/380-22010301414372593(a)netptc.net
From: S.D.A. on 14 Mar 2010 11:50 On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 07:27:17AM -0600, Ron Johnson uttered: > On 2010-03-13 04:20, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >On Sat March 13 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back in > >>the 1960s. > >> > >>http://www.hyperwords.net/ > > > >it doesn't like iceweasel.. > > > > Sure it does. Me using it is QED. That's a nice extension; It has Chromium support to. Chromium/Chrome extension via official Google site; http://bit.ly/ajhjmv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100314154816.GA16127(a)google.com
From: Celejar on 15 Mar 2010 16:50
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > Since I stumbled onto this a couple of months ago, it's become > indispensable! Highlight some text, right-click and a little b/w > bull's eye appears. Mouse onto the bull's eye and a pop-up menu > appears which lets you perform a multitude of tasks, like Googling > it, searching Wikipedia, translating to a different language, etc. > > Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back in > the 1960s. > > http://www.hyperwords.net/ I notice that it's non-free, for those who care about such things. >From the EULA: You may not modify, translate, create derivative works based on the Software or the accompanying documentation or remove any proprietary notices, labels, or marks on the Software and accompanying documentation. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/policy/0/1941/82673?src=addondetail Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315164332.13691245.celejar(a)gmail.com |