Comments on: Ubiquity Is Boring (Firefox Plugin)

By: Johnny G

Johnny G — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:54:54 +0000

This guy is totally off point. The ability to link actions together like mapping then emailing from gmail is great.

I find myself using ubiquity more when I’m just reading a site and what clarification or tangential research on a subject. I’ll ctrl+SPACE then run a define command, a goo, or a map. Then have my results in the ubiquity container without ever leaving the page.

This guy does not get it.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:16:55 +0000

Oh c’mon, haven’t you watched the demo video where they highlight a page of craigslist search results, type “map these”, and a freaking map pops up with a pin for each craigslist rental? Things like that are what reveal the true potential of Ubiquity, not command-line searching.

By: bubo

bubo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:11:23 +0000

ALPHA stage, that means it may not have much yet.
point: ubiquity will open a new tab, typing in the search box, wont, i know its just a small step, but its just a point

‘This is the best feature of Ubiquity, but only if you use Gmail. And I don’t use Gmail.’ Its still in alpha they will release more compatability!

ubiquity is only limited to the commands that are written.

By: teohhanhui

teohhanhui — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:39:17 +0000

Yes, you can already do all that, but I think the point of Ubiquity is to let you do all these with fewer clicks and typing. The ability to get search results on the current page is in fact very useful.

IMO Ubiquity coupled with the IE8 Beta 2′s Activities would be near-perfect. Ubiquity has to take search plugin keywords to be really useful. The current approach of specialized command feeds is simply too restrictive. Why not take advantage of the already existing search plugins instead of reinventing everything? (It’s also better integrated with the browser that way)

By: sinister

sinister — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:44:13 +0000

the whole point is that it all works from a single search box. that pops up whenever u need it.

I say Ubiquity is pretty awesome

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:50:50 +0000

My point was that the built-in functionality of Firefox almost completely negates anything Ubiquity could offer. Launchy is a completely separate app and is standalone and not a plugin.

By: mateo

mateo — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:10:34 +0000

Hey Rich, weren’t you the one that suggested Launchy on pcmech? Ubiquity seems like the Launchy for Firefox, sure right now it’s only for Gmail but with time people would make commands for other clients. You might have seen this already but
http://www.techspot.com/news/31406-mozilla-labs-unveils-ubiquity-for-usergenerated-mashups.html
nice flash video about ubiquity.