Choosing Firefox
as a platform for a Startup
Matjaž Horvat
twitter.com/mathjazz

Start-ups?
Game Over!

So WTF?

You still
need
the idea.

The Persian is one of the oldest
breeds of cat. A Persian without an
established and registered pedigree
is classed as a domestic longhair cat.

The Persian is one of the oldest
breeds of cat. A Persian without an
established and registered pedigree
is classed as a domestic longhair cat.
And more

No idea
how to deploy?

Blogs!

Issue #1:
Lots of platforms.

Issue #2:
Lots of text.

The solution

Web widget is a hack in a system
designed to push technical and conceptual
boundaries of existing infrastructure

Rules.xml
<rule>
<name>Blogger</name>
<regexp>https?://.*\\.blogger\\.com/post-create\\.g\\?blogID=.*</regexp>
<regexp>https?://.*\\.blogger\\.com/post-edit\\.g\\?blogID=.*</regexp>
<url>http://static.zemanta.com/widgets/blogger.com/loader.js</url>
</rule>

CSS trick
<div id=”#zem1”> #zem1 #zem2 #zem3 h3 {
<div id=”#zem2”>
<div id=”#zem3”> }
<!-- Here starts and ends actual widget -->
</div>
</div>
</div>

JavaScript traps

Amazon S3
150kB extension x 30.000 transfers = 5$

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