Command Lines and the Future of Firefox

Barence writes "Mozilla has revealed how it plans to integrate plain text commands directly into future versions of Firefox. Dubbed Taskfox, the move sees Mozilla's Ubiquity project become part of the browser itself, allowing users to type commands directly into the address bar. You can, for example, type 'map cleveland street london' to bring up a Google Map of that location, or 'amazon-search the great gatsby' to find that book on Amazon, without visiting the website directly. 'The basic idea behind Taskfox is simple: take the time-saving ideas behind Ubiquity, and put them into Firefox,' the Taskfox wiki claims. 'That means allowing users to quickly access information and perform tasks that would normally take several steps to complete.'"

Comments

slashdot-search idle interesting

[jolyonr]

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Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[hclewk]

sudo make me a sandwich

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[Bassman59]

sudo make me a sandwich

Zap, you're a sandwich.

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[Daimanta]

You are a sandwich and you're in a dark room. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[morgan_greywolf]

sudo torch! sudo torch!

dammit, it's not worki

You have been eaten by a grue. Game over.

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[ailnlv]

Hello hclewk, welcome to NetHack!  You are a chaotic female human Sandwich.

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hclewk the Sandwich              St:16 Dx:11 Co:14 In:9 Wi:15 Ch:10  Chaotic
Dlvl:1  $:0  HP:14(14) Pw:4(4) AC:4  Exp:1

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[fedxone-v86]

Beautiful! I didn't know /. allowed posting screenshots.

Re:slashdot-search idle interesting

[The Ultimate Fartkno]

The Zen master then responds, "Where's my change?"

The hot dog vendor replies "change comes from within."

screenshots

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Wow, they have actual screenshots of the commandline interface. Who would have thought that was possible.

Re:works great

[pilgrim23]

ok but when it comes back with "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike" I'm out of here...

Emacs

[Aceticon]

Firefox is gonna be like the Emacs Operating System ... only bigger

Re:I would very much like...

[Em Emalb]

I recommend they call it the "damned dirty apes" button.

Too Late

[Archangel Michael]

You are eaten by a grue.

Do it right

[hwyhobo]

It would be nice, but not as "let me guess half way what you want as you type in the address bar" kind of thing. Much of that is there already. If you want to add a real command line, then create an add-on with multi-line commands, some logic built-in, perhaps piping. In other words, do a "bashy" thing.

While we're at it, why not allow execution of scripts written in this new language? Now, that would be cool.

sudo rm -rf /

[Anonymous Coward]

Oops, I deleted the Internet. Sorry.

Re:Sounds like AwesomeBar 2.0

[The End Of Days]

Any feature added to computers since 1978 is bad. Anything that allows normal humans who haven't dedicated their lives to understanding the machine to use a computer is evil. The interface was perfected when it was arcane and required years of study to use effectively. Everything since then is simply a conspiracy between Intel and Microsoft to make money.

Even better

[RulerOf]

I hope it stops suggesting porn when my friends and family use my computer.

Re:In the beginning

[maxwell demon]

You mean browsers will get a punch card interface?

i know...

[esme]

let's call it phoenix, so it can rise from the ashes of firefox?

Re:In the beginning

[Fallingcow]

God creates dinosaurs
God destroys dinosaurs
God creates man
Man creates dinosaurs

Dinosaurs eat man
Woman inherits the Earth