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17 September 2006 @ 10am

Tails Scripts

Instead of incorporating all possible actions you can perform on microformats into one monolithic extension, Tails allows users to customize the functionality of the extension using Tails Scripts. A Tails Scripts is a piece of JavaScript that allows you to perform certain actions on the microformats found on a web page.

To install a Tails Script, you can right click on a link with the .tails.js extension and select Install Tails Script…, or by clicking on the .tails.js link and then clicking the Install button on the information bar.

If you’re interested in developing your own Tails Script, here’s a quick write up to get you started.

Tails Script Description
delicious.tails.js Add URLs to del.icio.us.
Supported Formats: Bookmarks, Blog Entries
digg.tails.js Submit links to Digg.
Supported Formats: Bookmarks, Blog Entries
email.tails.js Send an email to the contact.
Supported Format: Contacts
eventful.tails.js See other events occuring that day and place on Eventful.
Supported Format: Calendars
gcal.tails.js Add the event to Google Calendar.
Supported Format: Calendars
googlemap.tails.js Map a location on Google Maps.
Supported Formats: Contacts, Calendars, Reviews, Map Coordinates
socialmeter.tails.js See a link’s popularity using Socialmeter.
Supported Formats: Contacts, Blog Entries, Bookmarks
technorati.tails.js Search inbounds links to a blog post from Technorati.
Supported Formats: Blog Entries
vcard.tails.js Export contact information to vCard (supported by most address book clients).
Supported Format: Contacts
yahoomap.tails.js Map a location on Yahoo! Maps.
Supported Formats: Contacts, Calendars, Reviews

More Tails Scripts


12 Responses to “Tails Scripts”

  1. Denken Über » Microformatos desde Firefox Says:

    […] En el blog oficial podés ver como crear un tail script y algunos ya listos para usar. […]

  2. Jeremy Kitchen Says:

    I’m using firefox 2.0 and tails 0.3 and when I browse to any of the scripts listed above, I don’t get an option to install it. Is this a bug in the extension?

    Thanks!

  3. Calvin Yu Says:

    Yes this is a bug with Tails and FF 2. To install a script in the meantime, you should be able to right click on links and click on ‘Install Tails Script’. I should have a fix ready soon.

  4. Sam Sethi Says:

    Hi Calvin

    I have been following your work for some time. Would you be able to create an upcoming.org script similar to the eventful script please

    thanks in advance

  5. anne Says:

    hi, thank you for the great scripts, i just wondered if it only on mac isn’t able to save a contact with the .vcf suffix? when i do export it only a file without any suffix is created. thanks for feedback, anne

  6. markus Says:

    I would like to export hCalendars into a ics-Files. Does somebody know a script?

  7. Calvin Yu Says:

    anne,

    No, it’s probably a problem on all platforms, due to a limitation of the Firefox feature that the Tails script is using to generate that link. The correct suffix will be used after the next release Tails, along with an updated script.

    Calvin

  8. JMF Says:

    Hello,

    I use Tails 0.3.6 with Firefox 2.0.

    I successfully installed 3 scripts according to the messages but the vcard export script does not seems to be functionnal.

    At least I can not find the way to use it. Where is supposed to appear the link to export a vcard ?

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