Tag: UBIQUITY

Today we have something different for you. You're not getting add-ons, beta releases or titbits from Mozilla Labs this week -- oh no, instead you're going to be treated to an interview with the Creative Lead of Firefox, Aza Raskin. It's not the frankest interview I've ever conducted -- there's definitely a little coyness; a couple of crinkled, twinkled corneas -- but it's still very ...

Among the other improvements, tweaks, and retoolings headed to Ubuntu 10.04, the Ubiquity installer slideshow appears set for an update. Ubuntu contributor Dylan McCall has posted preview images of the new screens which could be coming soon to the OS's Ubiquity installer. Interestingly enough they're cast in the soft browns of Lucid's first alpha releases -- and not the Mac-esque color schemes ...

Sometimes bringing a new extension into the world is a bit like childbirth. It's not an easy process, as the continuing saga of Ubiquity shows us. Mozilla made their position on Ubiquity quite clear recently ("back burner"), and only made the 0.1 branch compatible with Firefox 3.6. However, the reason that I've switched metaphors on you (quiet death versus childbirth) is that now, a user (dare ...

I'm back! I had to fend off Jay with my rusty saber -- and when that didn't work, I threatened to drop his iPhone on the ground (a very effective tactic if there's a Mac zealot that you're trying to coerce, incidentally). Anyway, British rules of engagement stipulate that I thank Jay for his help, offer him a cup of tea, and move swiftly along. So: Firefox! It's been another quiet week with no ...

So I thought Ubiquity was dead. It turns out I wasn't wrong, and now the issue has been clarified with information directly from Mozilla. Besides updating the main project page, Aza Raskin himself posted a reply to my original post. Some choice quotes: Q: As to why Ubiquity is now at the point that it is – are you still the project lead for Ubiquty or have other Mozilla tasks pulled ...

Let me start off by saying I personally think Aza Raskin is a genius. Really. When Windows Phone 7 Series just came out, everyone was all amazed about how "the data is the UI", and how everything is so semantic and clean. Well, it's been done. Raskin did it quite a while back with the incredible (and sadly deserted) Enso Humanized launcher. This launcher was mind-blowingly cool. Really. It's ...

Mozilla has released the latest version of the Ubiquity plugin for Firefox 3.5. Ubiquity basically brings up a menu that lets you perform a number of actions using natural language commands. For example, you can use Ubiquity to exit or restart Firefox, switch tabs, or perform other actions in the browser. But you can also use Ubiquity to interact with web services. Here are just a few things you ...

Mozilla's Ubiquity dazzlingly cool preview release promises to make commands a great deal easier to remember and use by removing those annoying hyphens. With a totally updated parser -- unimaginatively referred to as "Parser 2" Ubiquity also promises support for a ton of new languages. "[The old parser] was based on a lot of assumptions about English that are not necessarily true in other ...

Following right after the news that Mozilla plans to integrate the powerful command-line task interface Ubiquity, there's now a TaskFox prototype and a demo video available. The prototype and the demo give you good a taste of the way people will probably interact with tasks in their browsers in the very near future. Although the appearance of the TaskFox interface is obviously pretty rough so ...

Ubiquity is a Firefox extension that pops up a command-line interface that lets users quickly execute common tasks, like searching or emailing something to yourself. It's like an in-browser version of Quicksilver (on a Mac) or Launchy (for Windows). Ubiquity is so useful and powerful that Mozilla is planning to integrate it into a future version of Firefox, in a project called Taskfox. Taskfox is ...

Steve Rubel wrote an excellent post about taking your Gmail to an extraordinary new level -- using it as a searchable database by harnessing its rich filtering capabilities and imbuing it with tags. Rather than just using it as an email inbox, you can hit pay dirt if you stretch it to be your personal data mining system. Here's how. First, forget about using the cumbersome label feature ...