The Universal Edit Button
- Author: Mark Christian
- Filed under: Fun, Geek, New features
Jun 20,2008
When the web was first conceived, it was intended to be a read/write medium. Right now, wikis are the best implementation of that vision: web pages that are easy for people to edit directly from their web browser.
Yesterday, we heard about the Universal Edit Button from a commenter on Get Satisfaction. When we looked into it, we thought it was a great idea: the Universal Edit Button is a Firefox extension that adds an “Edit” button right in your browser on pages that support it. We are happy to say that we now support this great idea, joining a growing number of wiki providers online. You’ll see it on all PBwiki 2.0 pages (PBwiki 1.0 will get it on Monday) that you have writer access to — it’s a pencil in a green square:
Right now, you have to have to be using Firefox to use the extension, but people are working on a version for Internet Explorer. Keep up to date at the official Universal Edit Button web site.
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7 Responses for "The Universal Edit Button"
Awesome, I was hoping you guys would join up too!
Glad you like the idea, I thought it was a perfect complement to your product! It will be interesting to see if the Universal Edit Button realizes its intended impact on the Read/Write web!
Now I have a good reason to use fifefox over IE
Ouch, thre is not edit button on this page…I, of course, was talking about firefox
It’s a neat idea, but it misuses HTML semantics. It should be rel=”editable”, not the current ugly type attribute fudge.
Hi Tom;
People are still actively working on this idea and will be making changes. We’ll keep our implementation in sync with the official wiki — it’s an ongoing process. The RSS button experienced similar similar growing pains back when it was first proposed.
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