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* Is there a microformat to represent "This is the latest version of this download?" | * Is there a microformat to represent "This is the latest version of this download?" | ||
== | == Actual projects == | ||
* {{bug|402231}} ("places organizer should allow browsing and searching of downloads") suggests a Downloads view | This page is just me talking. Actual Mozilla nitiatives towards this goal include: | ||
* [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] | * 2007's {{bug|402231}} ("places organizer should allow browsing and searching of downloads") suggests a Downloads view. (Never prioritized by Places team) | ||
* 2008's [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] , seems stalled. | |||
* 2010's [[User:P.A./Panel-based Download Manager|Panel-based Download Manager]], heading towards implementation in {{bug|564934}}. Alas the really good stuff — {{bug|591289}} "Save chosen download file name and other metadata in Places history" and {{bug|564900}} "Add folder to Library sidebar specifically for downloads" — is "On hold". | |||
* 2011's [[B2G|Boot to Gecko]] project. Although it's Android-based and targeting phone apps, they say the goal is | |||
*:To make open web technologies a better basis for future applications on mobile and desktop alike, we need to keep pushing the envelope of the web to include --- and in places exceed --- the capabilities of the competing stacks in question. | |||