Posted by WD10 on 08/29/05 10:03

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
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> To say a little more, the Web Developer Extension does not only complement
> existing tools, but I think it replaces a few commercial equivalents. I
> always enjoy seeing this trend, whereby every functionality moves to the
> browser. With the Horde project I can now /efficiently/ handle multiple
> E-mail accounts in the browser, edit files in the browser (server-side),
> have FTP in a tab if necessary and even debug designs in the browser.
> What's next? Newsgroups reader (proper one, no GG)? Hmmm... what if some
> AJAX was involved? That might make a good start-up.


I just downloaded Horde but it's going to take a while to figure out. It
looks great though...

I have some ideas about what the perfect browser should be (in addition to
the web development tools--BTW, have you seen the codetch extension?
http://www.codetch.com/. This is going to be one of the best extensions).

There is a great program called Net Snippets Professional
(www.netsnippets.com). It only runs on Windows, but if they could integrate
those kinds of features into Firefox it would be great. A browser shouldn't
just be about viewing web pages. It should also allow saving and organizing
the Web content -- automatically generating bibliographies and reports.
I've only used the trial version of Net Snippets becuase it costs $130. If
a browser is supposed to be the tool to interact with the Web, why not make
it more functional? There is a Firefox extension called Scrapbook, which is
a good start, but it should go beyond that. Saving web pages to random
folders with CTRL-S is too primitive... :S

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