Browser Plugin

2007-08-20T18:00:17Z

Samie:

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You've probably seen our "some rights reserved" and "no rights reserved" (for public domain works) buttons on many web pages, but there's more. Whenever a user copies HTML generated by our [http://creativecommons.org/license/ license selection application] they get the button and also a block of metadata describing the licensed work and the license it is offered to the public under. You can't normally see that information without viewing the web page's source. A toolbar or plugin that exploited this hidden information could take many forms. One possibility: If a page has valid license metadata, place a (cc) icon on the toolbar. Mousing over the icon brings up a transient window which displays the [http://creativecommons.org/learn/licenses/ license characteristics] associated with the license and any descriptive metadata also present.

== Mozilla ==

* [[MozCC]]: Extension for [http://mozilla.org Mozilla]-based browsers that adds relevant license characteristic icons to the status bar as you surf and adds a button to the toolbar which allows you to explore associated metadata.
* [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=creativecommons&submitform=Find%20search%20plugins Mycroft CC Search Plugin]: Adds the [http://search.creativecommons.org Creative Commons search engine] to the list available from [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox's] toolbar. This plugin is bundled with Firefox 1.0. You can [http://www.creativecommons.org/tools/firefox-search-chooser switch between engines in the Firefox search bar].

== Epiphany ==

* [[Epiphany CC Extension]]: Extension for the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/ Epiphany] browser that detects embedded license information and adds a CC license icon to the status bar if a license is present.

== All Browsers ==

Too few Creative Commons plugins for other browsers currently exist. We [http://www.creativecommons.org/technology/challenges#challenge_entry_3848 invite you] to write one. However, these sites will be useful with any browser:

* [http://thewebdesignjournal.com/services/browser-panels/ CC Search Browser Panel]: Adds a panel / sidebar for the [http://search.creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons search engine] to any modern Web browser. Such as [http://opera.com/ Opera], [http://getfirefox.com/ Firefox], [http://browser.netscape.com/ Netscape] and others. More [http://thewebdesignjournal.com/services/browser-panels/help/ info on panels].</li>
* [http://search.creativecommons.org Creative Commons Search Engine]: Allows you to search the web for works that match your licensing and media requirements, mirroring the options available from our [http://www.creativecommons.org/license/ license chooser].
* [http://yergler.net/projects/ccvalidator/ ccValidator]: Inspects and displays license metadata associated with any page.

== Implementations ==

* Nathan Yergler has created [http://www.yergler.net/projects/mozcc/ mozCC], a browser extension for Mozilla-based browsers. It's a start, but we know there are other browser in use.
* Robert Litzke has written [http://www.ug.cs.sunysb.edu/~litzker/scripts/greasemonkCC.user.js greasemonkCC], a Greasemonkey script for all Greasemonkey-enabled browsers. It displays a customizable bar at the top of Creative Commons-tagged pages. GreasemonkCC requires the [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/748/ Greasemonkey] extension for Mozilla browsers. Internet Explorer requires a plugin, [http://www.reifysoft.com/turnabout.php Turnabout], for instance, to run Greasemonkey.
* Jaime Frutos Morales has created [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Epiphany_CC_Extension Creative Commons license viewer], an extension for the Epiphany browser. You can download it from [http://www.geocities.com/textoplano/cc-license-viewer.tar.gz here].
* So how about similar plugins for IE, Safari, Opera, Konqueror or something else?
* Please add your implementation here :)

== Examples ==

* Please add you example, screenshot, mockup, etc here :)

== TODO ==

* Please add your TODO here :)

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