Hi!
I installed the Beta and didn't see any problems, but I
haven't really used PB and don't have enough data to want
to keep anything. Earlier on this list someone posted a
procedure for uninstalling PB and then clearing everything
out so that you can install a new version without fear that
old config/data will muck anything up.
Is it worth posting that procedure on the website? If not,
could someone just resend the email to me? (I know, who
*deletes* email in this day and age?!)
thanks!
eric
ps. more demos, including more screenscrapers, pretty
please!!!! :)
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:14:34 -0700
> From: Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom_at_mit.edu>
> Reply-To: general_at_simile.mit.edu
> To: SIMILE General <general_at_simile.mit.edu>
> Subject: [ANN] Piggy Bank 2.1.0 Released
>
> The SIMILE Project is happy to announce the availability of the 2.1.0
> version of Piggy Bank, it's semantic web extension for the Firefox Browser.
>
> Get it from
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank/
>
> by clicking on the "get piggy bank" button on the top right.
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> There are the features of this new stable release:
>
> - drastically improved firefox extension design, fixes severe memory
> leaks experienced in the previous versions
>
> - massive speed improvements (up to 30x!)
>
> - welcome wizard and "now what?" documentation will guide the user
> during the first installation and help configure Piggy Bank for their
> needs (including hooks to where to find useful scrapers to collect
> non-RDF data from existing web sites)
>
> - optional integration with Google Maps works again and will be long
> lasting, since Piggy Bank now uses the official API (DISCLAIMER: you
> will have request a free key to enable support for GMaps in your Piggy Bank)
>
> - overall cleanup of the user interface graphics for a fresher and
> more pleasant look and snappier feel
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> Piggy Bank 2.1.0 features also useful new functionalities for semantic
> web and for screen scrapers developers:
>
> - support for the upcoming Firefox 1.5 series
>
> - development mode allows developers interested in the inner workings
> of Piggy Bank to have a better understanding of what's going on by
> looking at the extensive trace logs
>
> - special handlers make Firefox handle RDF content directly thru Piggy
> Bank (thus giving a semantic web equivalent to the early IE XML-tree
> that catalyzed the XML adoption)
>
> - added new utility functions to the scraping utilities available to
> the screen scrapers, to make it easier to write them
>
>
> - o -
>
>
> Thanks to the modular architecture (both systems are built around
> Longwell, the SIMILE faceted browsing tool), Semantic Bank, the server
> side companion of Piggy Bank, features a lot of the same improvements,
> most notably speed and Google Map integration. For more information on
> Semantic Bank and how to install your own, please visit
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/semantic-bank/
>
> and to see the SIMILE's own semantic bank in action visit
>
> http://simile.mit.edu/bank/
>
>
> - o -
>
> Happy Semantic Web!
>
>
> On behalf of the SIMILE team,
>
>
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Received on Mon Oct 03 2005 - 20:40:21 EDT