links for 2006-10-20

One of the key advantages Firefox has over Internet Explorer is the easy extesnibility - most of the useful functionality is provided by extensions. Looks like the IE team have cottoned onto this, and add-ons (horrible name) are starting to appear, includ

Automated test tool for web apps. Allows recording of events, and emits ruby code which can be edited to detail the expected results for each tedt

Designers first need to decide whether homophily is a a feature or a bug

Shame Steve has stopped blogging

Dave Pollard with a scarily long post/chapter on personal KM inside orgs...will try and finish it one of these days...

another good and long post from Dave Pollard about SN apps

The first screenshot highlights digg's registration process: minimal info in step 1, digg sends email, and then says "while you're waiting, you might as well complete your profile"...nice

Looks like this will allow A/B comparison testing - invite only beta at the moment

Cameron Marlow (Blogdex) links to his paper on the taxonomies of tagging