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
- Cédric Hüsler has created some Tails scripts for Switzerland.
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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!
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.
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
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
I would like to export hCalendars into a ics-Files. Does somebody know a script?
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
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 ?