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Performancing Blog Extension for FireFox

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Performancing released a FireFox extension today that allows for blogging right within FireFox 1.5 (via Micro Persuasion). This is impressive stuff. Flock built an entirely new browser based on this concept. All I could think about when I tested Flock was why someone didn’t just write a FireFox extension for this functionality. There are a few polishing touches I’d like to see before I’d use this on a daily basis (primarily the ability to specify draft vs. publish status on a post), but this is amazingly useful. Good job guys.

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Written by Tom Markiewicz

December 20th, 2005 at 4:46 pm

Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Firefox

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Need spellchecking? The latest development build of SpellBound integrates seamlessly with this blogging tool.

Asa Dotzler

23 Dec 05 at 1:08 am

I actually already use SpellBound in FireFox. It’s probably one of the most useful extensions I’ve found yet. I initially couldn’t get it working with v1.5, but now it’s operating as usual. I’m still not sold on the Performancing extension yet, but with some more minor features (again I need save as draft) I can see it being a primary method of blog authoring. I currently use the native WordPress editor and with SpellBound, I have everything I need.

Tom Markiewicz

24 Dec 05 at 12:09 pm

Uh no we, Flock, did not “built an entirely new browser based on this concept.” We are at the beginning of building “a new browser” (Firefox at its core) around the concept of a consistent, complete user experience for the emerging participation Web.

Seasons greetings,
Lloyd D Budd
Flock QA (Qommunity and quality Assurance)
http://flock.com

Lloyd D Budd

24 Dec 05 at 4:38 pm

Lloyd,

Your point is well taken. I overstated my point about the Performancing plugin by inplying that Flock was built around that single feature.

I do still believe though that Flock has an uphill climb as many of the concepts emphasized by Flock are (or can be) added to Firefox.

Tom Markiewicz

31 Dec 05 at 5:30 pm

Just an update- the new version of Performancing now has a post to draft feature.

Tom Markiewicz

11 Feb 06 at 4:04 pm

[...] I tried the Flock web browser several months ago and was somewhat critical of the software. For those unfamiliar with Flock, the application is a new web browser to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer and FireFox. Flock is built upon the Mozilla code, the same as FireFox. Many of the same FireFox extensions can also be used with Flock. My initial critique of Flock was why didn’t the team just make a new extension or set of extensions for FireFox. Extending from that assertion, why would an end user stop using FireFox and start using Flock when many if not most of the features promoted could be accomplished by installing some extensions? [...]

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