Manoa Researcher toolkit v.0.7.0 released

I am pleased to announce the release of Manoa Researcher toolkit v.0.7.0. The previous version of the Manoa Researcher toolkit has undergone a transformation. Since the previous version was not compatible with FF 2.0, I took the opportunity to have a look at the overall situation, and decided to rearchitect for modularity and flexibility.

Development goals

Therefore, instead of the monolithic toolbar with the multitude of buttons, there are now the following components in what has become a toolkit:

1) The library search engines are now based on the mycroft Firefox search bar engines, and are easily added from here:

    http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=UHM

    (source is available: http://jeffmcneill.com/apps/firefox/)

2) The handy shortcut library pages links (and Google Scholar preferences) are available through an RSS feed that can be added as a Live Bookmark in the Firefox bookmarks toolbar:

    http://del.icio.us/rss/jeffmcneill/uhm

    (human readable version: http://del.icio.us/jeffmcneill.com/uhm)

3) The Reload page through Proxy function (which was a right-click menu option under the old toolbar) is now a bookmarklet. Unfortunately a bookmarklet cannot be shared from del.icio.us, but can be right-clicked and made as a bookmark from a web page or email.

Here is the code (for those who want to geek out):

javascript:void(location.href=%22http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu:2048/login?url=%22+location.href)

Here is the link (right-click save as bookmark or post to del.icio.us)

Reload through UHM proxy server

Note, please let me know if there are other search engines or library page links that would be useful. At this point it is much easier to add and modify things, without disrupting the user experience.

Feedback appreciated!

Licenses 

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