[cap-talk] Petname Toolbar v0.4

[Tyler Close]

There's a new release of the Petname Toolbar at:

http://www.waterken.com/user/PetnameToolbar/

The main change is storing each petname as a bookmark, instead of a 
config setting. This provides several advantages:

1. A petname is now bidirectional, as a petname should be.
2. The user can list all issued petnames simply by viewing the bookmark 
menu.
3. The bookmark manager can be used to manage petnames. This provides 
several cool features, such as recording the time the petname was 
created, last modified and last used.

Thanks to Marc Stiegler for pointing the design in this direction.

There is also one small GUI change. The petname tool now turns light 
green while displaying a petname. The intent is to provide a stronger 
visual cue of the applicable trust relationship. Thanks to Alan and 
Bret for this suggestion.

Unfortunately, I suspect this version of the Petname Toolbar will 
require you to upgrade to Firefox version 1.0.1. The API for managing 
bookmarks changed between version 1.0 and 1.0.1. The Petname Toolbar is 
written to the current API. Also, your existing petnames will again be 
broken, since they are not being stored in the Firefox registry 
anymore. Hopefully we're getting close to a final resting place and 
format for the petname database.

I look forward to your feedback.

Tyler

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