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== The problem ==
== The problem ==
To get a thumbnail (screenshot) of the page, we need to use some 3rd party services, such as Alexa, Snapcasa etc. Problem is that they are to slow. These services add request of the thumbnail to the queue so you are unable to get the thumbnail of the page instantly. What's more, you became dependent on them.   
To get a thumbnail (screenshot) of the page, we need to use some 3rd party services, such as Alexa, Snapcasa etc. Problem is that they are too slow. These services add request of the thumbnail to the queue so you are unable to get the thumbnail of the page instantly. What's more, you become dependent on them.   


== Use Case Description ==
== Use Case Description ==
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* Thumbnail in various community sites (such as [http://www.facebook.com])
* Thumbnail in various community sites (such as [http://www.facebook.com])
* Link submit sites, like [http://www.digg.com]
* Link submit sites, like [http://www.digg.com]
* Any other sites, which wants to display thumbnail of the page.
* WEB browsers to display thumbs on home page or bookmarks
* Any other websites, that needs to display thumbnail of the page.


== Proposed Solutions ==
== Proposed Solutions ==


=== My Solution ===
=== My Solution ===
:''Brief description of the solution and of how it address the problem at hand.''
Solution would be to add new type of link tag. As we know, to indicate the favicon of the page, we need to use the following code:


==== Processing Model ====
<code>
:''Explanation of the changes introduced by this solution. It explains how the document is processed, and how errors are handled. This should be very clear, including things such as event timing if the solution involves events, how to create graphs representing the data in the case of semantic proposals, etc.''
&lt;link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
</code>


==== Limitations ====
We could use similar code to add the name of the page thumbnail. Proposal would be to use the following code:
:''Cases not covered by this solution in relation to the problem description; other problems with this solution, if any.''


==== Implementation ====  
<code>
:''Description of how and why browser vendors would take advantage of this feature.''
&lt;link rel="thumb" href="thumb.png"&gt;
</code>
 
Having this tag in the page and screenshot of the page in file called thumb.png, we propose that we have thumbnail of our webpage and want other services/applications to use it.
 
==== Problems ====
===== Abuse =====
There might be a problem, that people will start to abuse this tag. For example, they could upload picture, which is not related with page at all, and say that it is the thumbnail of the page.
 
===== Every website would have to generate thumbnails =====
Every website would have to generate thumbnails of their pages, which wouldn't be any easier than just websites that need thumbnails doing this.


==== Adoption ====  
==== Adoption ====  
:''Reasons why page authors would use this solution.''
This solution would make a lot easier for developers to add thumbnail of the page function to web sites.
 
===IFrame solution===
 
Add an attribute to the IFrame tag to make it act like an image of the page.
 
<code><nowiki><iframe src="http://www.example.com/" static /></nowiki></code>


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Latest revision as of 12:12, 26 January 2011

The idea to assign a thumbnail to the page.

The problem

To get a thumbnail (screenshot) of the page, we need to use some 3rd party services, such as Alexa, Snapcasa etc. Problem is that they are too slow. These services add request of the thumbnail to the queue so you are unable to get the thumbnail of the page instantly. What's more, you become dependent on them.

Use Case Description

  • Page thumbnail in the search results
  • Thumbnail in various community sites (such as [1])
  • Link submit sites, like [2]
  • WEB browsers to display thumbs on home page or bookmarks
  • Any other websites, that needs to display thumbnail of the page.

Proposed Solutions

My Solution

Solution would be to add new type of link tag. As we know, to indicate the favicon of the page, we need to use the following code:

<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico">

We could use similar code to add the name of the page thumbnail. Proposal would be to use the following code:

<link rel="thumb" href="thumb.png">

Having this tag in the page and screenshot of the page in file called thumb.png, we propose that we have thumbnail of our webpage and want other services/applications to use it.

Problems

Abuse

There might be a problem, that people will start to abuse this tag. For example, they could upload picture, which is not related with page at all, and say that it is the thumbnail of the page.

Every website would have to generate thumbnails

Every website would have to generate thumbnails of their pages, which wouldn't be any easier than just websites that need thumbnails doing this.

Adoption

This solution would make a lot easier for developers to add thumbnail of the page function to web sites.

IFrame solution

Add an attribute to the IFrame tag to make it act like an image of the page.

<iframe src="http://www.example.com/" static />

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