[add-art dev] ff3 problem on rent a coder

[Michael Mandiberg]

that's a good sign

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On Aug 9, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Steve Lambert wrote:

> Do you have any suggestions? Language I should add?  What do you  
> think is missing?  I figured this was a good start so I'm a little  
> blind as to how I should change it.
>
> Re: the OS cool factor, I'll add the Open Souce stuff today.
>
> Got this comment back already. Dude seems to get it.
>>
>> By:dalbani
>> Comment Date:8/9/2008 4:54:00 PM
>> Comment:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> Firefox3 includes a bugfix to prevent content policies from  
>> modifying uri.spec… the entire mechanism by which Add-Art currently  
>> replaces images.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hum, that's interesting.
>>
>> But is it this capability that's used in the AddArt XPCOM  
>> component, at line 183 (trunk)???
>>
>> Because I didn't see anywhere else you modify the "spec" property :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>
>
>
> Steve
>
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> On Aug 9, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Michael Mandiberg wrote:
>
>> I don't know if your ticket is clear enough for someone to jump in  
>> and fix the problem.  I think you should either include a bit more  
>> history/explanation in the ticket, or in the RAC spec.  Rmbr, the  
>> more explicit you are, the better your results will be.
>>
>> I have had some work coded on RAC.  I have found it really easy to  
>> get good work done that follows standard protocols.  e.g. PHP  
>> work,  screenscraping, API building, etc.  I have found it really  
>> really hard to get good work done that doesn't follow standard  
>> protocols.  Esp things that prompt people to ask "but why would you  
>> want to do that"
>>
>> i have found it really helpful to make it loud and clear that the  
>> work is open source, and the developer will get credit. that is the  
>> kind of "cool" factor that doesn't show up on RAC much.  so the  
>> person who will get *why* you are doing this project, will also be  
>> psyched that s/he will get credit and that the proj is OS
>>
>> also FWIW, the test project I posted w/ Greasemonkey was a total  
>> failure.  no one on RAC could wrap their head around GM.  i wasted  
>> a lot of time with a guy who said he knew, but didn't.  hopefully  
>> XBL/XUL will be more plentiful.
>>
>> keep us posted on the results
>>
>> michael
>>
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Steve Lambert wrote:
>>
>>> I posted our Firefox 3 problem on Rent A Coder:
>>>
>>> http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId=982926
>>>
>>> I'll let you know what happens...
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
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