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Mikedamage's readitlater-ubiquity at master - GitHub. Readlater.cmd.js at 242439cd82af4cb0193a2f7e87c205184f00c4d9 from mikedamage's readitlater-ubiquity - GitHub. Finding New Ubiquity Commands with the Herd. We're trying out something rather different to help people find and share new Ubiquity commands in a safe way: it's called The Ubiquity Herd . The Ubiquity Herd, or simply the herd , is a word used to describe the collection of people who use Ubiquity and are willing to share some information about the commands they use by contributing to an anonymized public asset.

This asset isn't just useful for discovering new commands; in the future, it will also be useful for evaluating and diagnosing the health of the entire Ubiquity software ecosystem. It's heavily inspired by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society's work on Herdict , and is one attempt to explore the complex issue of associated data as outlined by Mitchell Baker. User-Contributed Content and Discussion Ultimately, we'd like the herd to be the primary way that commands are distributed, discovered, and shared over the Internet. The Ubiquity Herd Statistics. Labs/Ubiquity/Commands In The Wild. Back to Labs/Ubiquity. LEGAL NOTICE: Mozilla is providing links to these third-party Ubiquity commands as a courtesy, and makes no representations regarding the commands or any information related there to.

Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the commands must be directed to the appropriate developer or software vendor. Commands in the Wild Please note that the main way we'd like commands to be distributed and shared in the future is via The Ubiquity Herd. Right now there isn't any social functionality on the Herd, though, which is why we're using this page to allow for user-contributed commentary and discussion. There Be Dragons Here Pioneering can be crazy fun, but also a bit dangerous. Beware that even if you review the code before subscribing, the code may be subject to change from the publisher, and your copy will automatically update on firefox restart. Site-specific Search Google Search Google Feeling Lucky Griflet: I renamed these commands with their natural names. The Ultimate List of Custom Ubiquity Verbs. With all the news about Chrome, it's been pretty easy to forget about one of Firefox's recent releases: Ubiquity.

We gave Ubiquity a rave review for giving Firefox a whole new UI. The standard commands, or "verbs", that come with Ubiquity are great. Yet we couldn't help but want more. Developers have been working around the clock to produce some fantastic custom verbs for Ubiquity. Here is ReadWriteWeb's list of the top picks of custom Ubiquity verbs! Media Ubiquity already comes with built in search commands for Youtube, Amazon, and Flickr. Last.FM - Allows users to search the Last.FM music network for artists pages.Seeq - Search Seeqpod for music.Vimeo - Allows users to search Vimeo for matching video results.Stickam - Watch the livestream of your Stickam friends no matter what page you're on.Netflix Search - Search Netflix for movies.

Social Networks So far Ubiquity only allows you to interact with one social network: Twitter. Ping. Social Sharing and Bookmarking Sites Notable Verbs.