Comments on: Mozilla Labs Ubiquity Is A Firefox Killer Application!

By: Mozilla Ubiquity Command List

Mozilla Ubiquity Command List — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:55:04 +0000

[...] Ubiquity is an interesting add-on for the Firefox web browser that was covered before here at Ghacks. Here is a short explanation of what Ubiquity adds to the Firefox browser. It basically provides access to a command line in Firefox that comes preinstalled with dozens of commands to make life easier for the Firefox user. It takes for examples only a few seconds to look up an address in a map, perform a search in a search engine, submit a page to social media sites, send a message to Twitter, look something up in a dictionary or start writing an email. [...]

By: leo

leo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:48:06 +0000

im a bit late but this is great!!

By: kainen

kainen — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:48:42 +0000

thx for the hedz up

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:29:44 +0000

OMG!! Ubiquity extension is pants-peeing awesome.!!

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WinExtra - Did I Just Join The Ranks Of The Internet Trailer Trash? — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:31:36 +0000

[...] Mozilla Labs Ubiquity Is A Firefox Killer Application! [...]

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:42:21 +0000

@Tony S.
To fix the Fast Dial display issue just upgrade to the newest X build (2.x) http://userlogos.org/extensions/fastdial. I had the same problem (has to do with the use of about:blank in Fast Dial) but this fixed it.

By: Tony S.

Tony S. — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:38:30 +0000

Really impressive add-on.
I’ve been trying it for a while (minutes), and I found that if you have the FastDial add-on, it will stop displaying your links.

Sure I’ll change to another links-showcase-app.
(or wait until they fix this)

By: Sridhar Katakam

Sridhar Katakam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:27:47 +0000

I watched the video tutorial, installed it and gave it some time. It is not a replacement for desktop launchers but nicely complements them.

By: Sridhar Katakam

Sridhar Katakam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:06:35 +0000

I fail to see the excitement in this. How is it simpler to switch to Firefox and execute these commands to launch stuff? Why not use a windows-level launcher like FARR or Executor or Launchy with the advantage of getting its input box irrespective of which application you are in?

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:32:11 +0000

Wow this is actually pretty great.. I’ve been testing it out a bit before actually commenting here but this is a good find. I’ve been keeping tabs on the Mozilla labs ideas for a while now, but I wasn’t aware that they had actually released a prototype to the public!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:22:59 +0000

Seems like custom search engine on steroids to me… “Type command and request” is exactly how custom search engines work and you can use them for much more than just search engines. :)

By: garbanzo

garbanzo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:14:02 +0000

oooooh i like the look of this! now i have something to do at work today :)

thanks!

By: Fernando

Fernando — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:04:45 +0000

sounds like the first step on the road to the demos from the web of the future they sent recently

By: Billy Girlardo

Billy Girlardo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:03:30 +0000

Sorry, just like LH talking up all those shortcuts, keywords, blah, blah, blah, I have no interest in memorizing another group so I’ll just pass. And no, it’s no killer app for me.

By: archer

archer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:21:20 +0000

big thanks to both of you!

By: Amos

Amos — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:40:01 +0000

I notice they’ve set up something in the way of a wiki for user-created commands:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Ubiquity/Commands_In_The_Wild

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:04:41 +0000

Thanks Scott, I’m to excited ;)

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:03:58 +0000

I didn’t see the link in your post, so…
http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity