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Mozilla Labs' "Ubiquity" Helps Automate Web Interactions

Posted by timothy on from the a-few-seconds-times-several-million-users dept.

Martin writes "Mozilla Labs have released a prototype version of the Firefox add-on Ubiquity. It is basically Launchy (the application launcher) for Firefox with the difference that Ubiquity makes use of web APIs and the Firefox browser. The official website contains examples, a command list, information about creating your own commands and of course the Ubiquity extension that is compatible with Firefox 3.x. Ubiquity can pull and send data to various services like Twitter, display, find and embed Google Maps, perform searches, write emails, add entries to the calendar, digg stories and more."

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  1. oh the fun by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    when the CEO accidentally twitters the list of layoffs thanks to a hotkey.

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    1. Re:oh the fun by linhux · · Score: 2, Funny

      It will just be a few Adams, Allen and Anderson that will get upset, the rest would be outside the 140 character per tweet limit.

  2. Re:Familiar name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep. That name's almost...ubiquitous.

  3. Re:Familiar name by ajayrockrock · · Score: 3, Funny

    they should change the name to Phoenix

  4. Re:the other twitter? by cerberusss · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really, I'm getting a bit tired of the comments on the 140-character limit that Twitter imposes. The idea behind the limit is something tha

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