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I'd rather not have to install a plugin to compensate for the lack of a feature in a website.
by noelchurchill 18y ago
I'd rather not have to install a plugin to compensate for the lack of a feature in a website.
- psyklic 18y agoWhy should Firefox support plug-ins at all, if not to compensate for a lack of features? Why should Emacs support scripting, if not to compensate for a lack of features? The point is that we enjoy FF plug-ins and Emacs scripts because they allow us to customize these "featureless" products to our individual needs. Similarly, I welcome plug-ins like Linkification and Scriptmonkey because they allow me to customize websites to my individual needs. I would be surprised if this were the only website that you would find the Linkification plug-in useful for!
- noelchurchill 18y agoFF plugins are great. So are websites with basic features built into them, such as the "hyperlink." I don't know if there is anything more fundamental to making the internet a "net" than the links connecting all the pages.
- nertzy 18y agoHow about installing a plugin to compensate for the lack of a feature on several disconnected websites all around the world? You can't really convince every single page out there to auto-link, but I'm sure you will come across a plaintext URL now and again. I like how Safari handles it. Select the text, right-click, and select "Go to Address". I believe this works on any text in any Cocoa app as well. EDIT: I now see that Safari's behavior was mentioned in another thread before I posted.