Comments on: A Comparison http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/ a boombox is not a toy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sudha http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-17799 Sudha Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:10:53 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-17799 Thanks for your comment on my blog comparing firefox to facebook as a platform. Awesome quantitative comparison between firefox and facebook as platform!!! I'd love to find real difference between the two and how it impacts what kind of developers, apps and growth to the platform by the developers. I've seen Rock Your Firefox on Facebook, would love to see it on Firefox Add-ons site. Thanks for your comment on my blog comparing firefox to facebook as a platform. Awesome quantitative comparison between firefox and facebook as platform!!!

I’d love to find real difference between the two and how it impacts what kind of developers, apps and growth to the platform by the developers.

I’ve seen Rock Your Firefox on Facebook, would love to see it on Firefox Add-ons site.

]]> By: fligtar http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14929 fligtar Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:44:41 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14929 Hi kiroset - We're hoping to be able to make that data available on addons.mozilla.org in the near future for add-on authors, who might have the option to make that public as well. We may also be changing the "popular" sort to use active users instead of weekly downloads as well. Stay tuned! Hi kiroset – We’re hoping to be able to make that data available on addons.mozilla.org in the near future for add-on authors, who might have the option to make that public as well. We may also be changing the “popular” sort to use active users instead of weekly downloads as well.

Stay tuned!

]]> By: kiroset http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14925 kiroset Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:08:21 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14925 "Add-ons/applications with over 1 million active users" So I take it you have some numbers on the active users of firefox extensions. Care to share, maybe the top ten firefox extensions and how many active users there are? “Add-ons/applications with over 1 million active users”

So I take it you have some numbers on the active users of firefox extensions.

Care to share, maybe the top ten firefox extensions and how many active users there are?

]]> By: jay http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14719 jay Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:45:02 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14719 It's your third point that is the main differentiator between Firefox Add-ons and Facebook Apps. Rock your Firefox is a great first step, since it allows everyone to share their Add-ons with others... but I think it's knowing when and how your friends are using the Facebook Apps that make them more interesting and successful. If we could figure out a way to create a real-time collaborative environment within Firefox, where anyone using a particular extension had a chance to see how or when others were using it, things could get interesting. A few examples off the top of my head (with no thought to security or privacy concerns, though there certainly will be many): 1. Who else is browsing the same site I've come across with Stumbleupon right now? 2. What are people with the FoxyTunes extension listening to right now? 3. What are the top ads/patterns blocked by other AdBlock users? You get the idea... couldn't Firefox be a BROWSER and a BUILDER with a few interesting "super" extensions? It’s your third point that is the main differentiator between Firefox Add-ons and Facebook Apps. Rock your Firefox is a great first step, since it allows everyone to share their Add-ons with others… but I think it’s knowing when and how your friends are using the Facebook Apps that make them more interesting and successful.

If we could figure out a way to create a real-time collaborative environment within Firefox, where anyone using a particular extension had a chance to see how or when others were using it, things could get interesting. A few examples off the top of my head (with no thought to security or privacy concerns, though there certainly will be many):

1. Who else is browsing the same site I’ve come across with Stumbleupon right now?

2. What are people with the FoxyTunes extension listening to right now?

3. What are the top ads/patterns blocked by other AdBlock users?

You get the idea… couldn’t Firefox be a BROWSER and a BUILDER with a few interesting “super” extensions?

]]> By: mawrya http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14704 mawrya Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:28:59 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14704 As already alluded to, Facebook is successful, at least in my mind, because it allows the average user to build the web where Firefox and most of its extensions are solely aimed at browsing the web. Facebook recently purchased Parakey which is really interesting to me because Parakey is all about making it easy for the your mom to maintain content on the web, as well as on her computer, without having to learn the joys of FTP, etc. As much as my mom enjoys surfing the web she really wants to buy some web real estate and build. Facebook knows that. Firefox is not about that, at least not directly. If Firefox is involved in any way with web construction it is via the platform it provides to developers to build web construction tools on. It would be interesting if Firefox pushed more directly toward enabling construction of the web by moms around the world. There are little rumblings here and there but I am not aware of any grand strategy moving forward. I suppose part of the reason is that there are no mom-level building standards. There are mostly just geek-level standards - HTML, SVG, etc. The only standard I know of that leans toward the mom-level is XForms. Facebook and Parakey recognize the demand so they are filling in the gap. Firefox is a BROWSER, Facebook is a BUILDER, the future is... As already alluded to, Facebook is successful, at least in my mind, because it allows the average user to build the web where Firefox and most of its extensions are solely aimed at browsing the web.

Facebook recently purchased Parakey which is really interesting to me because Parakey is all about making it easy for the your mom to maintain content on the web, as well as on her computer, without having to learn the joys of FTP, etc. As much as my mom enjoys surfing the web she really wants to buy some web real estate and build. Facebook knows that. Firefox is not about that, at least not directly.

If Firefox is involved in any way with web construction it is via the platform it provides to developers to build web construction tools on. It would be interesting if Firefox pushed more directly toward enabling construction of the web by moms around the world. There are little rumblings here and there but I am not aware of any grand strategy moving forward. I suppose part of the reason is that there are no mom-level building standards. There are mostly just geek-level standards – HTML, SVG, etc. The only standard I know of that leans toward the mom-level is XForms. Facebook and Parakey recognize the demand so they are filling in the gap.

Firefox is a BROWSER, Facebook is a BUILDER, the future is…

]]> By: Stanisław Małolepszy http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14677 Stanisław Małolepszy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:16:46 +0000 http://blog.fligtar.com/2007/08/26/a-comparison/#comment-14677 The second point you list is exactly what I don't like about Facebook apps. The only Firefox extension I know that does this is AllPeers, but that's understandable and I support it. However, having to install, say, Facebook graffiti to see someone else's graffiti -- well, that's just something I have hard time agreeing with. There are also two other differences: 1. Facebook apps are used to send and publish content. Firefox extensions extend users' experience with their browser, making it easier to use, adding new functions. Facebook apps, mostly, enable users to communicate in new ways. That's because Facebook is a social network platform, and Firefox isn't. Each has its own specific philosophy and purpose of creating extensions. 2. You don't have to restart Facebook to start using your new app ;-) The second point you list is exactly what I don’t like about Facebook apps. The only Firefox extension I know that does this is AllPeers, but that’s understandable and I support it.

However, having to install, say, Facebook graffiti to see someone else’s graffiti — well, that’s just something I have hard time agreeing with.

There are also two other differences:

1. Facebook apps are used to send and publish content. Firefox extensions extend users’ experience with their browser, making it easier to use, adding new functions. Facebook apps, mostly, enable users to communicate in new ways. That’s because Facebook is a social network platform, and Firefox isn’t. Each has its own specific philosophy and purpose of creating extensions.

2. You don’t have to restart Facebook to start using your new app ;-)

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