I really am becoming amazed at what UI's are being developed within browsers (I mentioned XUL earlier in XUL -- I Never Knew). Here's a screenshot of Oddpost (readingMail.gif); which is a browser based email application with an integrated news aggregator (via evilmonkey: Outlook web client which came via Scoble). Looks pretty nice.

The one big thing that needs to happen (and I know this may sound odd), but they need to develop some kind of standard API hook-in to the right mouse button for browser applications. I am a right mouse button junkie. I want the browser-based web applications I use (such as Bloglines) to be able to access the right-button menu of my mouse. Something akin to:

<A ONRIGHTMOUSECLICK="mouse.rightButtonMenu.add('menuItem');
        mouse.rightButtonMenu.menuItem.name = 'Do This Thingy';
        mouse.rightButtonMenu.menuItem.onClickAction = callThisFunction();
        mouse.rightButtonMeny.add('menuItem2');
        mouse.rightButtonMenu.menuItem2.name = 'Do This Other Thingy';
        .
        .
        .
        mouse.rightButtonMenu.menuItemN.onClickAction = foo();">Some Text</A>

Not that I am acting as a proponent for somebody out there to "extend" the ECMAScript standard; rather, I would like to see it included in the standard and subsequently implemented in the browsers. Of course, while I am scribing a wishlist, I would also like them to redo DOM. ...and I want a pony...

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