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Mozilla labs introduces Ubiquity

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kalpik
kalpik Original post #1
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Today we’re announcing the launch of Ubiquity, a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily. The overall goals of Ubiquity are to explore how best to:

  • Empower users to control the web browser with language-based instructions. (With search, users type what they want to find. With Ubiquity, they type what they want to do.)
  • Enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs. (In other words, allowing everyone–not just Web developers–to remix the Web so it fits their needs, no matter what page they are on, or what they are doing.)
  • Use Trust networks and social constructs to balance security with ease of extensibility.
  • Extend the browser functionality easily.
More here: *labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

I used it myself, and found it to be AMAZING!
T
The Conqueror #2
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Looks Cool
IronManForever
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:42 AM
kalpik said:
I used it myself, and found it to be AMAZING!
A new name for crowd-sourcing, is it? I dont get this. Hows that gonna make browsing easier; I failed to understand the analogy given in the blog.
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Hitboxx #4
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Hahaha, very neat! Only after watching that video I completely understood and have started using it. It is an amazing extension, good going Mozilla :)
T
The Conqueror #5
Aug 28, 2008 at 1:07 AM
There is a spelling mistake in first post. Instead of today, you have typed oday
IronManForever
Aug 28, 2008 at 1:15 AM
The Conqueror said:
There is a spelling mistake in first post. Instead of today, you have typed oday
Thats not a typing error; but a copying error. :D
NIGHTMARE
Aug 28, 2008 at 1:29 AM
thanks for update
abhinav_bipnesh
Aug 28, 2008 at 3:05 PM
thanks man its nice update i will try sometime later...... :)
abhinandh
abhinandh #13
Aug 28, 2008 at 3:46 PM
The best thing to happen to Firefox for a long long time.

But it stills does not work perfectly on linux.The notifications do not work :(
Garbage
Garbage #14
Aug 28, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Thanks...
iMav
iMav #15
Aug 28, 2008 at 5:30 PM
1 word: AWESOME!