NEASIST Embedded library meeting - LibX
Annette Bailey & Godmar Back talked about LibX, their Firefox browser extension which brings library presence to a user's normal search space (what Lorcan Dempsey calls the ueser's "webflow"). They looked at similar projects (such as FASTJAck, HALbar, Library Lookup, and Wag the Dog), but found they were either system specific or had limited functionality. They used Firefox because it is easier to create extensions for Firefox than for IE - all you need is a bit of Javascript and some XML knowledge. Also, Firefox pushes updates to extensions easily.