2014/UK/webactions

 Webactions  was a session at IndieWebCamp UK 2014. There was a discussion session the first day and a hack session the second day.

Notes archived from: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/indiewebcamp-webactions

When: 2014-09-06 17:15

2014-09-06 discussion session
2014-09-06 in-stream web actions

https://indiewebcamp.com/webactions

buttons like: Like - Repost - Reply

under each post - on a permalink e.g. http://tantek.com/2014/248/t2/personal-site-demos-indiewebcamp-selfdogfood - in stream e.g. http://adactio.com

Tantek demos the fallback webaction to like -> favorite on Twitter e.g. on http://tantek.com/2014/248/t2/personal-site-demos-indiewebcamp-selfdogfood

Barnaby demos how it works for him with the Webaction Hero Toolkit Browser Add-on with a Reply button.

on news.indiewebcamp.com, because the tag uses the "inline" attribute, it puts in an iframe for barnaby to write a comment.

part of the reason to add webactions to posts inline is that silos are doing and have taught users to do it.

Silo Examples:
 * Twitter - appears to be moving to showing tweet actions left-aligned underneath each tweet
 * Facebook - Like/Comment

see also wiki pages
 * https://indiewebcamp.com/like (includes "heart" and +1 usage - endorsement)
 * https://indiewebcamp.com/favorite (often used as time-shifting, saving)

Facebook has a read it later / save feature as well: http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/21/facebook-save-feature/

Appears that silos have been converging on putting actions on the left side, underneath a post. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Another possibility: Options: Twitter: Favorite, Retweet, Reply Facebook: _________

2014-09-07 hack session
webactions hack session

switching from to  per web components convention.

some updates to indiewebcamp.com/webactions

Twitter is inconsistent about in-stream webaction UI. semi-consistent: So will likely imitate that.
 * left aligned - underneath the text (datetime is on same line as author icon name at top)
 * grey icons only - no text label (some views have counts of faves, retweets)
 * favorite, retweet, repost

2-3 specific webactions at most any more, use a (...) "more" menu/popup for more choices, e.g.:
 * email post
 * embed post
 * mute author
 * block or report author