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= What is Ubiquity? =


Ubiquity was a Mozilla Labs experiment that was in development from 2008 to 2009. Its purpose was to explore whether a radically different type of interface to the Web — a task-centric, natural-language-based command line — could help us get common Web tasks done faster.
Ubiquity was a Mozilla Labs experiment that was in development from 2008 to 2009. Its purpose was to explore whether a radically different type of interface to the Web — a task-centric, natural-language-based command line — could help us get common Web tasks done faster.


Development is currently on indefinite hiatus. We will most likely revisit the experiment at some point in the future. In the meantime, the Ubiquity extension for Firefox is still available for download. Also, some of the ideas from Ubiquity are being implemented in [[Labs/Jetpack|Jetpack]].
Development is currently on indefinite hiatus. We will most likely revisit the experiment at some point in the future. In the meantime, the Ubiquity extension for Firefox is still available for download (see below). Also, some of the ideas from Ubiquity are being implemented in [[Labs/Jetpack|Jetpack]].
 
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest.xpi Install latest version of Ubiquity for Firefox]
 
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest-beta.xpi Install the latest beta of Ubiquity for Firefox]
 
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ Install older versions (if the current version is breaking for you)]
 
= What is Ubiquity? =
Ubiquity is an extension that allows you to enter commands that have knowledge of page content and return new information.


You can learn more about Ubiquity by reading Atul's blog post entitled [http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=54 Ubiquitous Interfaces, Ubiquitous Functionality], or try it out via the [[Labs/Ubiquity/Latest Ubiquity User Tutorial|User Tutorial]].
You can learn more about Ubiquity by reading Atul's blog post entitled [http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=54 Ubiquitous Interfaces, Ubiquitous Functionality], or try it out via the [[Labs/Ubiquity/Latest Ubiquity User Tutorial|User Tutorial]].
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# [http://jonoscript.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/why-verbs/ Why Verbs?] by Jono
# [http://jonoscript.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/why-verbs/ Why Verbs?] by Jono
# [[Labs/Ubiquity/Selected Press|Selected Press]]
# [[Labs/Ubiquity/Selected Press|Selected Press]]
= Install =
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest.xpi Install latest version of Ubiquity for Firefox]
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest-beta.xpi Install the latest beta of Ubiquity for Firefox]
[https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ Install older versions (if the current version is breaking for you)]


= Participation =
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