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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:24:40 +0100

Via Chris Messina on the Micro-formats list I see that the excellent designer Jon Hicks has come up with a very stylish approach to surfacing Micro-format information in the Safari browser.

Here’s what I’m imagining in Safari (although I would equally welcome this in Camino and Omniweb). Microformats are detected and announced the same as RSS feeds – an icon appears in the location bar to warn you. (Incidentally, in these screenshots, I’m using Safari Standardized Feed Icon from Mac Specialist). I’ve picked on Chris Messina’s Blog here, as it had a post with plenty of hCalendar love:

(You'll need to go read Jon's article to see the neat design work he has done.)

Very late to the party I'm starting to get interested in Micro-formats and what they can do for us. Especially as, putting my PAOGA hat on, I think about the way in which individuals will exchange personal data.

I certainly have it in mind that we should be exploring the use of micro-formats to ensure that everything we do is equally usable by humans and machines alike. (Please, no need to bring up the RDF word here!)

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