Proposed Browser Bookmark Sharing Standard.

[Kent Schumacher]

Regarding point (3) "Is looking at bookmarking and history sufficient to 
achieve transparent interoperability?"

I think not - at this point the ability of Mozilla to fill in forms 
(especially usernames and passwords) is the item I miss most when I use 
another browser.  I would like the form data to be shared as well.


Biju Chacko wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2003 13:32:13 +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> 
> 
>>Writing standards for the sake of it doesn't seem like a really useful
>>thing, especially when the various browsers are already reasonably
>>interoperable. 
> 
> 
> I agree with you wholeheartedly. Standards *must* serve a purpose.
> 
> IMO, browsers are insufficiently interoperable. I believe that users
> should be able to switch browsers transparently, without having to go
> through an intermediate step of 'importing bookmarks'. That is
> housekeeping that the system ought to be doing for him.
> 
> We need to fix the current view that bookmarks are the browser's data.
> They aren't -- they're the user's data.
> 
> I have nothing invested in this particular method of sharing data. If
> the consensus is that it sucks then it sucks. I wouldn't want that to
> obscure the underlying objective of transparent interoperability.
> 
> My main aim of posting it was to get folks who understand the problem
> better than I to start talking about it.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Is what I am suggesting desirable and practical?
> 
> 2. Is it really worth the effort?
> 
> 3. Is looking at bookmarking and history sufficient to achieve
> transparent interoperability?
> 
> 3. If yes to all of the above, what is the best way of achieving this
> goal?
> 
> -- b
> 
>