Bookmarklets are a cool and simple way to try out Fast Forward. In a nutshell, a browser bookmark doesn't have to be a dumb link to a page, but can be a smart piece of Javascript.
In our case this little chunk of code is all we need:
javascript:location.href='http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url='+location.href;
Putting the pieces together in an HTML anchor we get
<a href="javascript:location.href='http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url='+location.href;">Fast Forward</a>
Which shows up for you as:
Fast Forward
Depending on your browser, you may be able to right click the above link, or even drag it into your toolbar to get the bookmarklet. Each time you want to fast forward from a webpage, simply click the bookmark.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Fast Forward from anywhere!
Last week Sep Kamvar recommended a simple API and button for using Fast Forward. I didn't feel like sleeping so here it is...
Clients (like the Firefox toolbar) ask BuzzBox for recommendations at http://www.buzzbox.com/q/<response type> where response type can be xml or rss. I added two more response types: redirect, and html-redirect.
The redirect response type simply redirects to the top recommended page. The html-redirect is a bit smarter and uses a really cool hack from Niall Kennedy. The html-redirect sniffs your browser history and only takes you to pages you haven't already visited.
A small detail to add - the recommendation needs at least one parameter, url, set to the place you are searching from. So a full example is:
http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url=http://flickr.com
If you want to get fancy and embed this in a blog, wrap our fast forward button icon with the anchor such as:
<a href="http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url=http://techcrunch.com">
<img src="http://www.buzzbox.com/static/images/chevron-button32x32.png" border="0" />
</a>
Which would look and act like this: (go ahead and click it!)
Clients (like the Firefox toolbar) ask BuzzBox for recommendations at http://www.buzzbox.com/q/<response type> where response type can be xml or rss. I added two more response types: redirect, and html-redirect.
The redirect response type simply redirects to the top recommended page. The html-redirect is a bit smarter and uses a really cool hack from Niall Kennedy. The html-redirect sniffs your browser history and only takes you to pages you haven't already visited.
A small detail to add - the recommendation needs at least one parameter, url, set to the place you are searching from. So a full example is:
http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url=http://flickr.com
If you want to get fancy and embed this in a blog, wrap our fast forward button icon with the anchor such as:
<a href="http://www.buzzbox.com/q/html-redirect?url=http://techcrunch.com">
<img src="http://www.buzzbox.com/static/images/chevron-button32x32.png" border="0" />
</a>
Which would look and act like this: (go ahead and click it!)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
BuzzBox goes Fast Forward
We've turned a new leaf and just re-badged our Firefox plug-in as "Fast Forward".
We fully believe our previous service had many great features. It also had *too many* great features which made it hard for people to wrap their heads around. Simple is beautiful and I hope you like the new service.
Visit www.buzzbox.com to try it out!
We fully believe our previous service had many great features. It also had *too many* great features which made it hard for people to wrap their heads around. Simple is beautiful and I hope you like the new service.
Visit www.buzzbox.com to try it out!
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