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Bug 330234 – text to speech doesn't work with Firefox 1.5

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System Services 2008 on 2008-12-21
- text to speech
Bug 332165 – The "Start Speaking Text" menu option is unavailable from the Thunderbird>Services>Speech menu.

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System Services 2008 on 2008-12-21
- Speaking Text
- Services>Speech
Bug 340102 – firefox doesn't honour keyboard shortcuts defined in System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- Speaking Text
Bug 135268 – Support OSX services

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- Grab/Screen, Selection, Timed screen
- Mail/Mail Document, Mail text, Mail to
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- - Summarize
  - Make Sticky
  - Text Edit
  - Chimera
    
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  - usefulness of
    Mozilla and Firebird are greatly reduced without support for the Services menu
  - really needs to be added
  - should be a high-priority fix
  - Camino
    
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  - Search with Google
  - MacGPG to sign text in a web form
  - would be nice to get this to work
  - SeaMonkey and Firefox
    are so non-compliant
  - SeaMonkey
    
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  - a compliant fork of
    Firefox
  - OmniFocus
    
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  - clipping
    feature
  - plaguing the project for so long
  - shocked
  - Quicksilver
    
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  - disheartening
  - need to wait for a Cocoa
    app
    
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  - u'll need to wait for a Cocoa
    app
    
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  - use Camino
    
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  - Carbon apps are totally capable of putting items into
    the services menu, and items in the services menu can access carbon apps
  - notable example is BBEdit
    
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  - Carbon apps can support services
  - Mariner Write
    
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  - willing to donate the code (carbon services code) to
    get this working
  - MacGourmet
    
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  - many users
  - MacJournal
    
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  - would LOVE to be able to use the Services menu in Firefox
  - how Camino supports services
  - LaunchBar
    
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  - Corey/Mariner's offer to
    contribute the code
  - a 12 year C++/C/Java developer and would
    help contribute effort
  - relegated
  - DevonThink
    
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  - only supports copying text
  - a wonderful
    step forward that many of us have clearly been waiting for for a long time
  - creation of a follow-up enhancement issue to add handling of selected images
    
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  - hope this patch can make it into 3.1
  - landed on trunk
  - more work to be done on services
  - very little
    testing at this point
  - No need to land on 1.9.1 branch
  - cast my votes
  - (1) those
    seeking the ability to use services provided by other applications on content
    selected in FF
    
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  - (2) those desiring that FF (and other Moz apps) offer
    services of its own
    
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  - the Mozilla product becoming a _service provider_
    
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  - Lightning
    
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  - Sunbird
    
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  - Thunderbird
    
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  - request for
    enhancement
  - loss of hyperlinks etc
  - provider services to support images
Mozilla Firefox and System Services: state of the union — CENTRIM

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- sending strings to services
- NeoOffice: gained support for System Services
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- - hyperlinks and other richness are lost
    
    Add Sticky Note
System Services: Services Architecture

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- Figure 1 Data flow in a service request
- Not all services both receive and provide data. Some services only receive data and others only provide data.
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- - Services can thus be divided into two groups:
  - Processor. This type of service acts on data.
    
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  - Provider. This type of service gives data to the calling application.
    
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Bug 319622 – OS X Services dimmed/unavailable

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- Summarize
- Summarize
Bug 351132 – Text manipulation items in services menu don't work

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- dictionary
- GPG encryption service
trinity

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2008 on 2008-12-21
- Support for the Mac OS X Services menu within NeoOffice
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Many Tricks · Service Scrubber

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2008 on 2008-12-21 and saved by 21 people
- One of the most underestimated features of Mac OS X is the services menu
- change service keyboard shortcuts
System Services (interapplication communication on Mac OS X): processor services in Chrome

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WebKit Google Chrome 2008 on 2008-12-22
System Services (interapplication communication on Mac OS X): provider services in Chrome

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WebKit Google Chrome 2008 on 2008-12-22
Chrome for Mac OS X: Cocoa or Carbon?

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WebKit Google Chrome 2008 on 2008-12-22

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A miscellaneous collection to: 1) highlight the value of System Services; 2) draw attention to a fraction of the high quality applications that have support; 3) address some misconceptions; 4) encourage improvements to applications that lack support, through sharing of knowledge.

Updated on 2008-12-22
Created on 2008-12-21

Category: Computers & Internet

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Graham Perrin's List: System Services on Mac OS X: miscellany

Bug 330234 – text to speech doesn't work with Firefox 1.5

Bug 332165 – The "Start Speaking Text" menu option is unavailable from the Thunderbird>Services>Speech menu.

Bug 340102 – firefox doesn't honour keyboard shortcuts defined in System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse

Bug 135268 – Support OSX services

Mozilla Firefox and System Services: state of the union — CENTRIM

System Services: Services Architecture

Bug 319622 – OS X Services dimmed/unavailable

Bug 351132 – Text manipulation items in services menu don't work

trinity

Many Tricks · Service Scrubber

System Services (interapplication communication on Mac OS X): processor services in Chrome

System Services (interapplication communication on Mac OS X): provider services in Chrome

Chrome for Mac OS X: Cocoa or Carbon?

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