Comments on: Pluck: Good Feed Reader That’s an IE Plugin http://www.contentious.com/2004/04/08/pluck-good-feed-reader-thats-an-ie-plugin/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2004/04/08/pluck-good-feed-reader-thats-an-ie-plugin/#comment-3312 Amy Gahran Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:43:01 +0000 #comment-3312 Well, if you want to get to that level of technogeekiness, then no, I don't have the answer to whether Pluck is technically a proper browser plugin. I do know that in the Pluck support forum, members of Pluck's development team refer to Pluck as an IE plugin. If anyone would know, they should. But if you have questions about that, the Pluck support forum is the place to ask. - Amy Gahran Editor, CONTENTIOUS Well, if you want to get to that level of technogeekiness, then no, I don’t have the answer to whether Pluck is technically a proper browser plugin. I do know that in the Pluck support forum, members of Pluck’s development team refer to Pluck as an IE plugin. If anyone would know, they should. But if you have questions about that, the Pluck support forum is the place to ask.

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]]> By: verbatin01 http://www.contentious.com/2004/04/08/pluck-good-feed-reader-thats-an-ie-plugin/#comment-3214 verbatin01 Fri, 10 Dec 2004 21:59:01 +0000 #comment-3214 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that Pluck would qualify as a plugin. You have to install it, not just add some .dll ... Do you know what this software actually installs on your PC? Until I here from a qualified source what is actually being installed by the installation executable, I'd be wary of this assumption. I do like that the plugin works with IE. Not all browsers are used in the office, and having something that's compatible with the (albeit outdated) Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. The ebay search tool makes sense for consistent repetitive searches on a particular item, although the management of lots of these things gets a little clunky after awhile. Still, pretty good for a freebie. You can tell that there are probably some licensing agreements going on though - ebay, microsoft, amazon, and pluck would all have something to gain if you're using it to do your shopping. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think that Pluck would qualify as a plugin. You have to install it, not just add some .dll … Do you know what this software actually installs on your PC? Until I here from a qualified source what is actually being installed by the installation executable, I’d be wary of this assumption.
I do like that the plugin works with IE. Not all browsers are used in the office, and having something that’s compatible with the (albeit outdated) Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. The ebay search tool makes sense for consistent repetitive searches on a particular item, although the management of lots of these things gets a little clunky after awhile. Still, pretty good for a freebie. You can tell that there are probably some licensing agreements going on though - ebay, microsoft, amazon, and pluck would all have something to gain if you’re using it to do your shopping.

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