Christopher Finke writes about software, woodworking, and other creative endeavors.

Category: Ideas

  • An API for Browser Screenshots

    A proposal to reduce the number of out-of-date screenshots on the Web.

  • That’s right Neighbor.ly of you

    A proposal for dynamic location-based social networks.

  • New browser extension: AutoAuth

    AutoAuth is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that automatically submits HTTP authentication dialogs when you’ve chosen to have the browser save your login information. (If you’ve already told the browser what your username and password are, and you’ve told it to remember that username and password, why not just have it automatically submit it…

  • On resurrecting Digg’s Top Users page

    My restoration of Digg’s Top Users page yesterday got a lot of press around the Web: Both the list and my blog post about the list were submitted to Digg, but both were buried off of the front page. (Buried, or manually removed?) Michael Arrington mentioned the list at TechCrunch, and the readers commenting on…

  • Something I can’t stand about Digg

    Here’s something I can’t stand about Digg: Say you’re not logged in and browsing the front page, opening stories and discussions in tabs (or new windows, if you’re stuck in the past) as you go, and you see a story you want to either digg or bury. So you go to the login box on…

  • TV Channel Bookmarks

    If you’ve ever used Macromedia Homesite to write code, then you’re probably aware of a feature it has called “bookmarks.” You can bookmark (or unbookmark) a line of code with Ctrl-K and then visit each consecutive bookmark by pressing Ctrl-Shift-K. This way, you can keep your proverbial finger in several parts of the page without…

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