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Tell The Internet What to Do with Mozilla’s Command Line Interface Ubiquity

September 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yeah, it seems pretty awesome, especially for us Linux geeks. Sure, GNOME-DO, Deskbar, and even some of the venerable terminal emulators have hooks into the web, but this new offering from Mozilla takes things to a new level.

Those perceptive folks at Mozilla labs have assessed (correctly, IMHO) that the web is no longer mostly full of static information…it’s mostly full of applications that you do stuff with.

So they’ve come out with what amounts to a sleek and sexy command line app for your browser called Ubiquity. Need to check a date? Just type in “check-calendar.” Post to Twiiter? No problem (and no need to download another extension!), just type “twitter, [your message].”

I’m not gonna lie…I haven’t actually tried this out yet, but the concept gets me all excited and happy inside. A new world of web productivity might emerge. And that, my friends…would be awesome.

RasheenOnline has already written on how to get things done with Ubiquity, and I’m reading more and more buzz about it every day. I’m downloading the bugger as I write.

Have you used Mozilla’s Ubiquity yet? Has it impacted your productivity?

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One Response to “Tell The Internet What to Do with Mozilla’s Command Line Interface Ubiquity”

  1. I’m definitely excited about Ubiquity, Nathan. It has some serious potential to boost productivity and efficiency.

    Thanks for the mention :)