Sunday, October 19, 2008

Ubiquity

Of serious worth is the release of the Ubiquity prototype from the Mozilla Labs. Ubiquity
  • Lets you map and insert maps anywhere; translate on-page; search amazon, google, wikipedia, yahoo, youtube, etc.; digg and twitter; lookup and insert yelp review; get the weather; syntax highlight any code you find; and a lot more. Ubiquity “command list” to see them all.
To me it appears to be a way to connect the disparate information of user generated content which has exploded since web 2.0. Can this be a mind map made physical enabling you to plough your way through the avalanche of junk which threatens to suffocate you in all its banality/superflousness/time wasting?

Further to this it allows you to:
  • Find and install new commands to extend your browser’s vocabulary through a simple subscription mechanism
Its extendable! And what's more its Open Source! This needs some looking at.

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