Operator (extension)

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Operator
Developer Mike Kaply
Stable release
0.9.5.6 / July 31, 2010
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Firefox extension
Website Mike's Musings

Operator was an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. [1] [2] It parses [2] and acts upon a number of microformats, [1] [2] [3] as well as validating them. [2]

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Operator lets the user access microformats through a number of methods, all of which are optional: a toolbar, a toolbar button, a status bar icon, a location bar icon, or a sidebar.

It has native support for several microformats:

and is extensible, [5] in that users can add new actions for the included microformats, or specify additional microformat recognition.

Operator was written by Mike Kaply of IBM. [6] It forms the basis for Firefox 3's microformats API, [5] [7] allowing native support, but has no direct user interface, due to lack of consensus on the implementation in the GUI. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Faaborg, Alex (December 16, 2006). "Microformats - Part 3: Introducing Operator". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Firefox Extensions". microformats.org. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ Harris, Jacob (December 5, 2007). "The Magical Minimalism of Microformats". New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Microformat Support on MapQuest Local". MapQuest. September 25, 2008. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 Gilbertson, Scott (May 22, 2008). "What Happened to the Microformats Support in Firefox 3". Wired. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Introducing Operator". Mozilla labs. Mozilla. December 16, 2006. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Using microformats". Mozilla Developer Center. Mozilla. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2009.


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