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Tag Archives: hcard
The 9th and 10th QR Code commandents
Andy Mabbett replies to Terence Eden’s request for commandments for people using QR Codes. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, local government, microformats, web standards
Tagged busses, EdenT, hcard, microformats, nesky999, public transport, QR, QRCode, QRCodes, twitter:user=edent, twitter:user=nesky999, Vanessa Pearce, vcard
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An open letter to Facebook, about their broken microformats
Facebook’s hCard microformats do not conform to the specification. Continue reading
Posted in about me, annoyances, gaffes, humour, microformats
Tagged facebook, hcard, microformats
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Google Maps’ microformats: unhappy anniversary – still broken after three years
Microformats on Google’s maps have been broken, since they were introduced three years ago – and they have been aware of this ever since then. They are useless to someone wanting to add the subject’s address to their address book. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, GPS, microformats, web standards
Tagged FAIL, google, google maps, gregor rothfuss, hcard, kevin marks, microformats
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Overdue measurement microformat: useful for radio station frequencies
The proposed hMeasure microformat could be used to mark-up the frequencies of radio stations, making them parsable by computers. Continue reading
Posted in ideas, microformats
Tagged Corey Mwamba, frequency, hcard, hmeasure, measurement, microformats, radio, Toby Inkster
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How microformat developments are blocked
The hCard microformat can distinguish between a person and an organisation, by the use of the org property: <div class=”vcard”> <span class=”fn”>Andy Mabbett</span> </div> <div class=”vcard”> <span class=”fn org”>The Red Cross</span> </div> but it cannot distinguish between an organisation and … Continue reading
Suggested method of publishing microformats in Twitter posts
Twitter posts like this one: We’re still deep in the Sundarbans, near Tambulbunia, meeting experts on dolphins and tigers. l:Tambulbunia, Bangladesh=22.27722,89.71905 have a place- name and corresponding coordinates (indicated by the prefix “l:”). This has allowed them to be plotted on a map. It should … Continue reading
More Nokia N95 (and Opera Mini) wishes
Dear Nokia, and Opera, When using your browsers on my N95, please can I: Copy text from a web page Disable CSS View the HTML source Parse microformats (not least hCard, to add contact details to the address book and … Continue reading
Who do you work for, again?
I can add a person to Microsoft Outlook as “Bloggs, Fred (Acme Ltd.)”, or “Acme Ltd. (Bloggs, Fred)”. These sync to my Nokia N95′s address book , or can be entered directly, as: First name = Fred Last name = … Continue reading