#microformats 2021-09-27
2021-09-27 UTC
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@pkursawe ↩️ Big tech never cared about it. Microformats also dead. (twitter.com/_/status/1442382698366914562)
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@ejblackburn ↩️ Whatever happened to microformats? And raw manipulation of XMLHttpRequest? (twitter.com/_/status/1442387394783764481)
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capjamesg[d] I use both 😄
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[KevinMarks] I now want to tweet 'reports of my death have been exaggerated' from the microformats account
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@kevinmarks ↩️ Who're you calling a huckster? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web#Web_3.0
Microformats miss you too (twitter.com/_/status/1442423439193620489)
# @kevinmarks ↩️ microdata never really took off, as it was spec-first, not implementation driven. Microformats have iterated and are used by indieweb, mastodon etc and still indexed by Google. (twitter.com/_/status/1442424150237188100)
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# capjamesg[d] [KevinMarks] 😄
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# capjamesg[d] [tantek] regarding the home page, I’d love to see something like a “why microformats?” section.
# capjamesg[d] I know we touch on this a lot on the wiki but I’d love to see a few concise points easily accessible on the home page.
# capjamesg[d] Or even a “why microformats?” link in the navigation bar or something.
# capjamesg[d] I also noticed the home page doesn’t link to h-entry and a few other h- formats. I think it should 🙂
# capjamesg[d] I’ll check out microformats.io. I haven’t looked at it lately.
# capjamesg[d] Yeah, microformats.io does it well.
# capjamesg[d] I also wonder if there are more community updates to share on the home page.
# capjamesg[d] Maybe not but just curious.
# capjamesg[d] I’d love to see a few people write microformats use case studies that shows how they are using them. Do we document this on the wiki?
# capjamesg[d] I’d be happy to write about how I use microformats for my site, webmention receiver, and other projects.
# capjamesg[d] Let me know if / how I can help 🙂
# capjamesg[d] This link is quite confusing to me: https://microformats.org/category/this-week
# capjamesg[d] I was expecting something like a newsletter or a weekly digest,
# capjamesg[d] But it seems to be more of a list of how microformats are used.
# capjamesg[d] Which I love.
# capjamesg[d] “Microformats use on the web” or something snappier would be interesting to me.
# capjamesg[d] This page linked in the nav bar should probably talk more about mf2: https://microformats.org/wiki/code-tools
# capjamesg[d] Maybe even provide a list of parsers by language too.
# capjamesg[d] And links to getting started code samples from the actual microformats specs maybe.
# capjamesg[d] Ignore the parser suggestion. I see we have that.
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[tantek] capjamesg, these are great, can you add more subsections accordingly to https://microformats.org/wiki/to-do#site_homepage_update like the few I added?
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# capjamesg[d] Will do!
# capjamesg[d] I’ll do this tomorrow 🙂
# capjamesg[d] Let me know if there’s anything specific I can help with.
# capjamesg[d] I found the to do list quite intimidating because it felt like a lot of things already had owners.
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# capjamesg[d] But there are plenty of tasks at the top.
# capjamesg[d] I prefer documenting stuff so I’ll see if anything fits.
# [tantek] capjamesg[d], does this help clarify (e.g. re: owners) / make the list less intimidating? https://microformats.org/wiki/to-do#Below_this_section_needs_rethinking_and_triaging
# capjamesg[d] I would be happy to attend.
# capjamesg[d] I think an approachable homepage would help convey the relevance and importance of microformats.
# capjamesg[d] From the homepage alone it’s hard to see why I should use microformats / how they compare to other formats.
# capjamesg[d] I like how we have the post by Jamie on Google still parsing microformats, but there are so many more reasons why one might want to consider microformats.
# capjamesg[d] Also, because Google still parses it, we should consider what percentage of the audience is interested in microformats for SEO.
# capjamesg[d] I’d be honored. I’ll do that tomorrow.
# capjamesg[d] [tantek]++ for being so helpful and welcoming.
# capjamesg[d] +1
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