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[ReadWriteWeb] Editing Wiki pages is pure geekery for most people. Imagine the shift that would happen, if clicking that Universal Edit Button would open up a Universal User-Friendly Editor.
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[Ross Mayfield's Weblog] Wiki Universal Edit Button: Hi, all of Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sites are open edit, wikiHow and many others. This is an edit indicator - not an open edit indicator, that is a great thing to discuss at the wiki about future functionality, maybe it is grayed out if you need to login...
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[Sheila's work blog] Universal edit button for wikis - one more reason to install firefox 3: Some of the biggest wiki providers have launched a new icon to indicate in the browser bar that a page is universally editable. At the moment you need to have firefox 3 installed to see the icon, but its hoped other browser platforms .
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[Silicon Florist] Getting wiki with it: Wiki types (AboutUs included) collaborate on ...: The Universal Editing Button (UEB) will allow a web surfer to more quickly recognize when a site may be edited. It will be a convenience to web surfers who are already inclined to contribute, and an invitation to those who have yet to discover the thrill of building a common resource.
[recentchanges.info] Universal “Wiki” Edit Button: But wikis want you to edit them. This button is meant as an invitation for surfers to contribute as much or as little as they want.”
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[The Weblog for the aboutus Wiki] Universal Edit Button: For AboutUs users, the Universal Edit Button will make editing pages easier, and promote the concept of editable pages to audiences worldwide.
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[Socialtext blog] A Universal Edit Button For The Web: You probably know that wikis, like Socialtext and Wikipedia, enable people to work together both more closely and at much larger scale than ever before. The UEB creates a common notification icon and a common way to "click to edit"
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[bytesized] Wiki Providers Come Together to Offer Universal Edit Button -...: Wiki Providers Come Together to Offer Universal Edit Button - ReadWriteWeb.
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[WikiProject Oregon] Edit This Page: All you need to do is download a Firefox extension (there’s not currently any Internet Explorer version), and it will auto-discover any wikis that have joined in this effort. The list of sites that have it up and running is already pretty impressive:
[MindTouch, Inc Blog] The Universal Edit Button!: Weve checked in the changes, which will be available in the next release of MindTouch Deki; you can see it live on our Developer Center wiki.
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[DARnet Andy Roberts] What is the Universal Edit Button?: Today the global Wiki community launches a new tool which aims to make editable web pages as recognisable as those with RSS feeds. Called the Universal Edit Button it will appear in bowsers address bars as a green icon with a pencil like this:
[ExtraEagle] Agree2 now supports the Universal Edit Button: We now support the new fledgeling standard Universal Edit Button, which aims to create a common user interface for wikis etc. If your browser supports the Universal Edit Button a tiny edit icon will appear in the URL field, which allows .
[Company K Media] links for 2008-06-20: (tags: wiki firefox collaboration). Beths Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: More About Widgets for Nonprofits.
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