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Mozilla Releases Major Ubiquity Update

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Ubiquity, the extension that adds command line functionality to the Firefox browser, got a major upgrade this week. Ubiquity 0.5 supports a bunch of new languages and drops the need to use hyphens in commands. The development team is also experimenting with smart suggestions, a feature that lets Ubiquity make educated guesses about the meaning of unfamiliar data.

The good news is Ubiquity 0.5 adds nice features and updates to this handy tool. The bad news is that it breaks compatibility with third-party commands. That is sure to cause headaches and workflow problems for some of Ubiquity's 400,000 users. Fortunately, Mozilla has a plan.



Multiple Processes, Commands and More Coming to Firefox

Since it was first released, one of the Google Chrome browser's claims to fame has been how it splits the work of displaying web pages and running web applications among multiple processes. This makes the browser more stable, and increases performance. Mozilla's Benjamin Smedberg put up a post last month on Electrolysis, an effort at Mozilla to allow the Firefox browser to take advantage of multiple processes. Smedberg confirms there that Mozilla has been looking at this challenge since before Chrome arrived. As Ars Technica reports, multiple processes are indeed coming to Firefox, and should make it more stable and more secure. And that's not all that's coming.


Mozilla Making Headway With TaskFox: Bringing Ubiquity's Features to Firefox

Ubiquity is a very popular Firefox extension that adds a flexible natural language command line to Firefox, and is developed by the folks at Mozilla. It's now out in a more useful new version, with a sleeker look, a more stable core, and the ability to create good looking skins, as we covered here. If you're familiar with using the Awesome Bar in Firefox, it's easy to take to Ubiquity quickly, although it pays to spend a little time learning how its commands work. Now, Mozilla is working aggressively to bring some of Ubiquity's power to Firefox, and has come up with a prototype and demo of how TaskFox (Ubiquity's features running natively in Firefox) will work.


Firefox Version 3.1 Beta 3 is in Tests: What About Version 3.2?

It may not be perfectly stable yet, but if you've been following along with the beta releases of Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 browser, you can now get and test the candidate for Beta 3, as described here. Mozilla is calling for a Test Week for this latest version. Beta 3 was scheduled to be out on February 2nd, but bug fixes were required. Meanwhile, PC Pro has an interesting story up in which Firefox architect Mike Connor describes plans for version 3.2 of Firefox.


Tutorials: Developing Firefox Extensions and Commands for Ubiquity

Mozilla's latest newsletter is out today, and it includes a couple of nice tutorials pertaining to Firefox and Ubiquity (a powerful Firefox extension that I covered here). The first tutorial, from Robert Nyman and found on the Mozilla Add-Ons Blog, delivers step-by-step instructions on how to develop an extension for Firefox. The second tutorial is video-based and shows how to easily build and share commands for the Ubiquity extension.


Ubiquity, a Powerful Firefox Extension, Gets an Overhaul

Ubiquity is a very popular Firefox extension that adds a flexible natural language command line to Firefox, and is developed by the folks at Mozilla. It's now out in a more useful new version, with a sleeker look, a more stable core, and the ability to create good looking skins. If you're familiar with using the Awesome Bar in Firefox, you'll take to Ubiquity quickly, although it pays to spend a little time learning how its commands work. Here's a peek at the new version.


Finding Pages Fast with Firefox 3

The Firefox 3 'awesome bar' generally does a good job of finding the web page you want when you start typing into it, writes Mike Gunderloy on WebWorkerDaily. He notes that it can be dramatically improved on, though. In his post 3 Ways to Find Pages Fast with Firefox 3 he covers Inquisitor, CyberSearch, and Ubiquity--Firefox extensions that can seriously enhance your ability to search. Check out the details.


Ubiquity: Mozilla's Take on a Web Command Line

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There's a lot of buzz right now about Ubiquity: Mozilla's attempt to explore command-based interaction within Firefox. Users of other command-oriented interfaces like QuickSilver or Enso, will feel right at home with Ubiquity: you activate it within your browser with a simple key combination, and then start typing. Depending on what you type, stuff happens.