Infocard without WinFX CTP
I have just completed a basic infocard plugin for firefox. Currently with my plugin, you can create infocards and save them. yeah... A hellava lot of work has gotten into it already...
Please remember, I have a day job too and this is my effort on a "time restrained" basis...
Some folks mentioned to me just yesterday that I am burning myself with "infocard". I want to put on record that this effort of mine is outside the boundaries of my day job. Well, if you think that I'm lagging in my "official work", your DEAD wrong. My utilization is in excess of 100% and hey !! I'm a revenue engine for my employer. (I just hope that they are aware of it and appreciate it) ~just kidding...
There are folks who go clubing, skiing, surfing, sailing, etc... for recreation. Well, I code for recreation... So.. All's good... I hope..
Well, the next step is to enable the HTML-OBJECT (enable the browser to recognize the application type "infocard") tag to invoke my "plugin" to enable the user to select an infocard (identity) and pass the security token representing the digital identity from the Security Token Service (STS) onto the requesting site using the HTTP(s)/POST operation.
I am not sure how the website would validate the token, but however I guess I shall find out shortly..
Screenshots of my Firefox Plugin are shown below:
Firefox Extension Installer/Update:
Firefox Infocard Options:
Firefox Infocard Editor:
PS: The plugin is in "alpha" right now. I shall keep you posted developments from my end.
UPDATE: I should have said, PRE-alpha rather than alpha. The plugin is way from close to completion. Please remember I just started working on this and it would take me time to complete it. (especially when i'm doing this after hours) I shall post updates periodically as functional modules get added.. And as soon as i have a "working" instance, I shall make it available for download both from here and also the mozilla downloads directory.