Looks interesting, I had a look the other day when it popped up on betanews.com
It seems a long way from doing what is claims it should do , given that it seems to be able to search google and translate stuff. 2008/8/28 Tom Hannen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Has anyone been playing with Ubiquity? It is kind of a command-line > for Firefox, a bit like Quicksilver for the mac... It only works on > Firefox 3, but looks really interesting.... .. > > http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ > > A "get-bbcnews" verb would be a wonderful thing - someone has already > made a Google News one here: > http://cokeeffe.wordpress.com/get-news-for-ubiquity/ > > Which uses this code: > CmdUtils.CreateCommand({ > name: "get-news", > takes: {"news title": noun_arb_text}, > preview: function( pblock, theShout ) { > pblock.innerHTML = "Will search for news titles containing: " + > theShout.text; > }, > execute: function( directObject ) { > var url = > "http://news.google.com/news?q={QUERY}<http://news.google.com/news?q=%7BQUERY%7D> > " > var query = directObject.text; > var urlString = url.replace("{QUERY}", query); > Utils.openUrlInBrowser(urlString); > } > }) > > from Tom > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
