Comments on: New Firefox Brings Location to the Browser http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Round Rock Realtors - Jacci http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7449 Round Rock Realtors - Jacci Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:43:49 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7449 Thats right, ff has a larger share than many people think. I check monthly stats on some of my sites and many of my visitors are using ff. Now the geolocation in ff is a cool set up. Thats right, ff has a larger share than many people think. I check monthly stats on some of my sites and many of my visitors are using ff. Now the geolocation in ff is a cool set up.

]]> By: Coldwell Banker Helps You find your “Dream Home” | Future of Real Estate Marketing http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 Coldwell Banker Helps You find your “Dream Home” | Future of Real Estate Marketing Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:19:06 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7448 [...] The first of which is the new site now knows where you live. It uses your IP address to figure out where you are searching from and automatically offers up properties from that area. IP address detection itself isn’t particularly new, but I like that the team behind the site are thinking of ways that it can be used to help streamline the real estate search process for consumers. What I’d really love to see however, is for this idea to be taken even one step further by integrating the location awareness built in to the new Firefox browser (see New Firefox Brings Location to the Browser). [...] [...] The first of which is the new site now knows where you live. It uses your IP address to figure out where you are searching from and automatically offers up properties from that area. IP address detection itself isn’t particularly new, but I like that the team behind the site are thinking of ways that it can be used to help streamline the real estate search process for consumers. What I’d really love to see however, is for this idea to be taken even one step further by integrating the location awareness built in to the new Firefox browser (see New Firefox Brings Location to the Browser). [...]

]]> By: Matthew Kettlewell http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7447 Matthew Kettlewell Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:36:24 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7447 In reply to California GRI above, FF has a larger market share that all the versions of IE combined According to the W3 consortium http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp This HTML5, Gears and Geo Location is very intriguing and should provide some excellent extended services not only to real estate, but many other venues as well. In reply to California GRI above, FF has a larger market share that all the versions of IE combined

According to the W3 consortium
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

This HTML5, Gears and Geo Location is very intriguing and should provide some excellent extended services not only to real estate, but many other venues as well.

]]> By: Google Maps Wins! http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7446 Google Maps Wins! Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:10:44 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7446 [...] my post New Firefox Brings Location to the Browser, I asked the following question around the new browser’s location awareness capability. So [...] [...] my post New Firefox Brings Location to the Browser, I asked the following question around the new browser’s location awareness capability. So [...]

]]> By: Overland Park Real Estate http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7445 Overland Park Real Estate Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:49:03 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7445 I love FireFox, I just wish Microsoft would make it easier for FireFox to play with Web Outlook. I love FireFox, I just wish Microsoft would make it easier for FireFox to play with Web Outlook.

]]> By: California GRI http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7444 California GRI Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:35:44 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7444 Wow. Huge potential for this service. However, since FF still has a fairly small % of users in the overall browser market, companies will probably not invest heavily in this. Wow. Huge potential for this service. However, since FF still has a fairly small % of users in the overall browser market, companies will probably not invest heavily in this.

]]> By: Ray Giesbrecht http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7443 Ray Giesbrecht Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:57:33 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7443 We just a launched something similar here in Vancouver, BC. An MLS i-Phone app that displays all lower mainland listings. P.S. Joel I tried sending this via the Press link above but it wouldn't send. Please delete this PS when you get this and Happy 4th of July to you. Cheers, We just a launched something similar here in Vancouver, BC. An MLS i-Phone app that displays all lower mainland listings.

P.S. Joel I tried sending this via the Press link above but it wouldn’t send. Please delete this PS when you get this and Happy 4th of July to you.

Cheers,

]]> By: Bill Skrypnyk http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2009/06/30/new-firefox-brings-location-to-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-7442 Bill Skrypnyk Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:15:59 +0000 http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=1720#comment-7442 Geolocation in FF 3.5 is great: it's one of the most prominent features of HTML5 advocated by Google at their last Google I/O 2009 conference. However, geolocation in the browser can also be obtained via google gears and by simply using google's ajax based geolocation service. Granted, that without a GPS device the geolocation, one way or another, is just a guess, with varying degrees of accuracy. For kicks, try: http://vandemo.myrealpage.com/m This is a demo account for MyRealPage in Greater Vancouver, BC Canada. It is supposed to find listings around your location, so if you are not in Greater Vancouver, it will find nothing, but it should try to locate you at least approximately. Try it on different browsers, not just FF 3.5: Chrome works particularly well (because it has gears pre-installed), but so do FF 3, IE (haven't tried Opera). My company (MyRealPage) is using geolocation to bring listing searches to iPhone and Android based phones. -Bill Skrypnyk MyRealPage.com Geolocation in FF 3.5 is great: it’s one of the most prominent features of HTML5 advocated by Google at their last Google I/O 2009 conference. However, geolocation in the browser can also be obtained via google gears and by simply using google’s ajax based geolocation service. Granted, that without a GPS device the geolocation, one way or another, is just a guess, with varying degrees of accuracy.

For kicks, try:

http://vandemo.myrealpage.com/m

This is a demo account for MyRealPage in Greater Vancouver, BC Canada. It is supposed to find listings around your location, so if you are not in Greater Vancouver, it will find nothing, but it should try to locate you at least approximately. Try it on different browsers, not just FF 3.5: Chrome works particularly well (because it has gears pre-installed), but so do FF 3, IE (haven’t tried Opera).

My company (MyRealPage) is using geolocation to bring listing searches to iPhone and Android based phones.

-Bill Skrypnyk
MyRealPage.com

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