del.icio.us, firefox, and popunders

December 16, 2004 8:51 AM

In this askMe post, which is now gone from the front page, rio (and several other people) wondered if there was a way to post to del.icio.us from FireFox without a pop-under window. After some research, I found this extension which does the trick (tested on my winXP machine). After installing it, you can post to del.icio.us in a pop-UP window (even with the blocker turned on) by pressing ctrl+shift+s.
posted by grumblebee to MetaFilter-Related at 8:51 AM (14 comments total)

The AskMe post is still open for posting this. Why post it in MeTa?
posted by macadamiaranch at 9:08 AM on December 16, 2004

Because, honestly, except for the original question poster, none of the other people who were also curious about it would probably check back.
posted by rafter at 9:17 AM on December 16, 2004

Maybe an answers.Mefi would be...the answer to this?

[j/k]
posted by dash_slot- at 9:19 AM on December 16, 2004

Or (probabaly easier to develop) new comments to ask.mefi get the original post pushed to the top again?
posted by dash_slot- at 9:24 AM on December 16, 2004

Yes. Just like on MeFi proper.
posted by rafter at 9:49 AM on December 16, 2004

that's not the default behavior rafter.
posted by quonsar at 10:11 AM on December 16, 2004

I know, but I wouldn't expect it to be the default behavior on AskMe, either. I don't know anything about the Metafilter backend, but I've always been a little puzzled why MeTa and AskMe don't have the same sort-order functionality. (It would be kind of superfluous for MeTa, but still...)
posted by rafter at 10:17 AM on December 16, 2004

The AskMe post is still open for posting this. Why post it in MeTa?

and now it's happened twice today. is this the extreme conclusion of "Make sure it's not MetaFilter, MetaTalk, or Ask MetaFilter related, as those posts would best be posted in MetaTalk"??? i guess this'll teach the askme snarks.
posted by danOstuporStar at 10:52 AM on December 16, 2004

Because, honestly, except for the original question poster, none of the other people who were also curious about it would probably check back.

Dur. But anyone ever searching for this kind of thing on AskMe ever again will not find it. Come on people. This grabbing-the-spotlight shit has to end somewhere.
posted by scarabic at 10:53 AM on December 16, 2004

The question isn't even 48 hours old, and to provide an answer you have to post a whole new thread to MetaTalk?

Granted, there may be some AskMe interface issues that could be improved upon, but it's quite possible that people who post questions track the thread for a while longer than it appears on the front page. And if people were honestly curious they might check back. Obviously making it easier to do so would be a nice pony, but it's probably happening anyway. I've bookmarked AskMe threads.
posted by mcwetboy at 10:54 AM on December 16, 2004

mcwetboy, scarabic: up to a point, you're right. I know we've discussed this before, but can't find the relevant thread(s) - does anyone recall if we reached a consensus?
posted by dash_slot- at 11:57 AM on December 16, 2004

If I encounter a thread that addresses an ongoing problem I've had, I will totally check back to see how it's progressing. The time to re-post is if the original thread is closed for further discussion. Not a huge deal, I guess. But still.

Anyway, with this particular thread, the main del.icio.us extension doesn't work as advertised on grumblebee's computer. It does on mine. I'm glad you found an alternate solution, grumblebee, but really your problem seemed pretty specific - did this really warrant a MeTa thread announcement?
posted by scarabic at 12:03 PM on December 16, 2004

I know we've discussed this before

Many, many times...yawn...and the consensus was, "it's a flaw in the site design/structure that we (users) can't fix."
posted by rushmc at 4:44 PM on December 16, 2004

I was NOT trying to get attention. What a dumn thing to get attention about. I was just trying to obey the Golden Rule. I was doing what I would like other people to do.

But I won't do it again.
posted by grumblebee at 6:50 AM on December 17, 2004