Comments on: Mozilla’s Ubiquity For Firefox Alpha 0.1 Looks Fantastic http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:20:02 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mr-crash http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic/comment-page-1/#comment-11279 mr-crash Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:44:03 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic.html#comment-11279 <p>This reminds me of launchy (for windows) or quicksilver (for OSX) - except instead of working with shortcuts and applications that are on your computer, it interacts with websites and applications that are out there on the net.</p> <p>I agree with StevoTheDevo, the set up (when it gets larger - not so much now) will probably be a little complex... But if they can get past this it has the potential to be fantastic. I think i'll download it now too!</p> This reminds me of launchy (for windows) or quicksilver (for OSX) – except instead of working with shortcuts and applications that are on your computer, it interacts with websites and applications that are out there on the net.

I agree with StevoTheDevo, the set up (when it gets larger – not so much now) will probably be a little complex… But if they can get past this it has the potential to be fantastic. I think i’ll download it now too!

]]> By: StevoTheDevo http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic/comment-page-1/#comment-11278 StevoTheDevo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:49 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic.html#comment-11278 <p>I can see how powerful it is but getting it workable for genreal users will be the harder part. Even for me, a computer savvy person but fairly coding illiterate user, I imagine the setup process to tell Ubiquity that you use gmail for example (and what your user/pass is) to be fairly complicated and time consuming.</p> I can see how powerful it is but getting it workable for genreal users will be the harder part. Even for me, a computer savvy person but fairly coding illiterate user, I imagine the setup process to tell Ubiquity that you use gmail for example (and what your user/pass is) to be fairly complicated and time consuming.

]]> By: Steve http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic/comment-page-1/#comment-11277 Steve Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:40:47 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/mozillas_ubiquity_for_firefox_alpha_01_looks_fantastic.html#comment-11277 <p>This looks fantastic - getting it now. I do think, however, that like most fantastic operation assisting programs general users will only realise or be able to comprehend about 10% of what its actually capable of, but surely this will usher in a new Web 4.0 or whatever we're up to now.</p> This looks fantastic – getting it now. I do think, however, that like most fantastic operation assisting programs general users will only realise or be able to comprehend about 10% of what its actually capable of, but surely this will usher in a new Web 4.0 or whatever we’re up to now.

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