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Firefox & Google Chrome New Tabs (1)
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A number of folks have pointed me to Scott McCloud’s comic debut of Google Chrome today. Scott is one of my personal sources for inspiration: I often peruse his books, looking for insights into creating awesome user experiences. I’m chuffed (and a bit jealous) that the Chrome team got to work with him. There was a particular part of the comic that people kept referring me to: page 21, which talks about the experience for ...Shared by Zaki (47)Contribute comment -
Ubiquity: Thank You (4)
onLast Tuesday, the community working on Ubiquity was five people. Half of us had never met face-to-face, we spanned three continents, and had written a couple dozen commands. Today, our community is thousands strong with contributes in every time zone. Innovation is pouring in from all directions—we’ve had thousands of commands written for Ubiquity; commands that fundamentally enhance the functionality of the browser. In under a week, we have a roughly comparable number of Ubiquity ...Contribute comment
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Aza’s Thoughts » Ubiquity In Depth (55)
onAn experiment into connecting the Web with language. Ubiquity is an experiment two parts. It’s both an interface and a development platform. Ubiquity 0.1 focuses on the platform aspects, while beginning to explore language-driven methods of controlling the browser. Read about the release here, or download it. In this post, we’ll talk first about the interface, and then the platform. For those who are really impatient, and just want to see how the prototype version ...Shared by Ahmed (53) Anand Sharma (6) Andreas (6) Brendan Jackson (0) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (10) Cam (7) Charlie Gilkey (20) Craig Saila (0) cuqui (19) Daniel Backhaus (5) Darian Rawson (9) Eric (1) Ethan (0) Fernando (16) Fredrik H (2) garykoelling (2) Greg (0) Jay (46) Jennifer Trant (4) Jeroen (4) joekwon (0) John (13) John Massaglia (14) Jonathan (6) Kerk (1) lunamoth (23) matiasjajaja (6) met (8) michael (7) Mike (0) minnesotan (5) Patrick Tanguay (3) Paulo Pereira (6) Rachael Folk (1) Rainer Helmes (12) Ramanan (11) rickd (0) Rob Crowther (0) Rui (9) sryo (19) Stephen (0) Steve (5) sullisnack (1) Ted Leung (12) tehKenny (0) Tim (4) Tim (1) Tim Disney (0) Tim Visher (45) tlockney (23) Tom (2) Vladimir Yashnikov (3) Wolf (13) Youpinadi (17) Zaki (47)Explore read seven notes
- joekwon said: i like where this is going
- Kerk said: Well after spending an hour-ish writing my Delicious command, I have to say I am even more impressed with this little Browser toy. Can not wait for some more polish.
- Tom said: suck a dick, me!
- Tim said: neat
- John Massaglia said: still immature, but this is an awesome idea
- Rui said: Looks like Aza is taking the concepts he used in Enso and taking them to the next level with Ubiquity.Even the logo is similar ;)Anyway, i'm going to give this a try. I like it.
- Fredrik H said: Om Ubiquity funkar så kan det nog få mig att sluta med Safari på min mac.
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Introducing Ubiquity (519)
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An experiment into connecting the Web with language. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way You’re writing an email to invite a friend to meet at a local San Francisco restaurant that neither of you has been to. You’d like to include a map. Today, this involves the disjointed tasks of message composition on a web-mail service, mapping the address on a map site, searching for reviews on the restaurant on a search engine, and ...Shared by _dot_ (0) Aaron (4) Abe Serrano (2) absolutely gorgeous (49) adam (728) Adam (16) Adam Hoyle (1) Adam Javůrek (17) Adam McDonald (21) ademar (1) Adrius Fortytwo (2) Adrock (0) Agatha (13) Alan (1) Alasdair Watson (1) Alberto (9) Alberto Piccini (20) Aleksander (5) Alex Porter (4) alex yu (9) Alexander Goldovsky (6) Allan Espinosa (4) Allison Kipta (30) Alp Çoker (0) AlvarezVal (1) Alvin (0) Amihai (20) Amr Eldib (0) Anatol Pomozov (0) Andre Figueiredo (5) Andrea Baresi (5) andreas (3) Andreas (6) Andrew (6) Andrew (2) Andrew Cornett (1) Andrew Walkingshaw (13) Andrey (16) Andy (8) Aneel (16) angol (10) Anthony Bowyer-Lowe (5) Antoine Brunel (4) apinkpony (10) Archimedes Trajano (8) Armando (0) Arnaud Fischer (6) Art (19) asblogger (19) ashmex (5) asmarin (2) b (26) baber (0) Babychen Mathew (264) Baldgeekinmd (22) Barbara K. 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(0) Walt Disney Bio (20) Walter DeFoor (28) WebFlint (1) WebLeOn (22) weldon (6) whatevernevermind (8) Wilka (2) Will (8) Will (0) WindPower (28) wyclif (13) Yandle (2) Yanko Yankov (13) Yann Dìnendal (0) Yoshiyuki Kumon (7) yoshy (312) Zac (0) zappy (0) Zee M (21) Zeljko Dakic (3) zeroinfluencer (22) Zoran (60) 天佑 (1) 抽屉 (31)Explore read 30 notes- lishevita said: This is very cool. I'm totally excited about this, and I'd love to see what this will do in the future on mobile platforms. Be sure to watch the video.
- Beemer said: Awesome concept by mozilla...it will definitely change the way we interact with the web...have a read and look at the video.
- Sjoerd Visscher said: Yubnub on steroids!
- Brent said: Just playing with this thing this afternoon. So far, pretty cool.
- Jon Winstanley said: Nice new browser innovation
- Walter DeFoor said: Holy crap this is amazing.
- baber said: Got this itro from my friend Atul, cool stuff about ubiquity and about time.
- Ryan said: very interesting. kind of like executer or launchy for firefox
- Yann Dìnendal said: Wah ! Regardez la vidéo, ça a l'air énorme !
- Juan Diego said: Mencionado en:- http://www.davidgp.com/2008/08/27/ubiquity-para-firefox/- http://alt1040.com/2008/08/ubiquity-para-que-la-web-desconectada-este-mas-conectada/- http://www.enriquedans.com/2008/08/ubiquity-visualizando-tendencias-en-el-uso-de-la-web.htmlEn ninguno de los tres he entendido qué es Ubiquity, en realidad. Se dice que está muy bien y que hay que ver el vídeo.Y como aún no he visto el vídeo... :)Actualización:Ya he visto el vídeo. Parece que sí, que puede ser interesante. ¿Por qué? Para qué te lo voy a contar si puedes ver el vídeo tú mismo, jeje.
- Eddie said: i've wanted something like this for a while now, if only for a command line interface to the web. yubnub is too slow, and is often down. firefox smart keywords are ok but require an extra bounce and extra (server-side) coding if i want to do anything fancy.
- ryan.capote said: This is really cool, watch the video!
- Pradeep said: Awesome!Have been playing with it since yesterday evening. It is most certainly the Quicksilver (http://bit.ly/1XVYsZ) of the web. And they seem to be intent on revolutionizing the way we access the web. (Also, check out Adaptive Path's video for Mozilla Labs' concept web series: http://adaptivepath.com/aurora/)Install (https://people.mozilla.com/~avarma/ubiquity-0.1.xpi) and type "command-list" to get the complete list of built-in commands.Or ubiq "command-editor" and build your own commands. May be something to 'select a text, add a note and post-to-reader'!It's also possible to embed Ubiquity commands in webpages. How will the web react? Think of the possibilities for a frequent user on a massive destination like Amazon or Yahoo!They admit that the whole thing is "messy" and "cluttered" (sample: hyphenated commands) but I can firmly say that they are heading in the right direction.Hmmm...now, about the lost mojo...[http://bit.ly/3xtnj7]
- g9yuayon said: Super cool command line
- WebFlint said: super cool
- Craig said: watch the video halfway down, it's pretty cool
- Ooble said: ZOMGWOW.This should make anyone switch to Firefox. Watch the video.
- brianwyrick said: hot.
- Malcolm said: Web 3.0 right here
- wyclif said: I'm finding this very useful.
- Giacomo Rizzo said: Molto, molto interessante...
- Betula said: this is too cool! a command launchy in firefox
- Dean said: A command line for the Internet! I love it.
- Ihar Mahaniok said: Wow!Check out the video.This is the first thing in quite a long time that really impresses me.This will increase productivity, definitely.
- Cameron said: This is awesome, its like Quiksilver/Launchy for the web!
- Johan Lopes said: taking web browsing to the next level
- Geoffrey Wiseman said: Looks interesting; would like to see where this goes.
- Erik Arvidsson said: This looks really cool. I wonder how useful it will be in practice?
- Jonny M said: wow, folks like this are amazingly smart...
- Federico Pistono said: The coolest application I've ever seen in my life so far.
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New Tab Concepts (27)
onThe user experience for opening up a new tab in Firefox is somewhat lacking: you are greeted by an intimidating, blank canvas with no hint of what to do. Could Firefox be doing something better with it? The answer is almost certainly yes, but the question is what? Initial Ideas & Mockups To get the ball rolling, we are highlighting two early concepts. The first is Aza Raskin’s Contextual New-Tab Actions, which is a look ...Shared by Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (10) Compuwizard123 (16) David Chartier (10) davidex (7) Dean (1) DJ (0) foxmachia (33) happy_harry (1) Jakub (11) James (14) Klemo (11) Lantash (3) Marc (39) mcastel (19) Navid (51) phillip (12) Pierre (6) Polle de Maagt (0) ryan.capote (67) Sai Gudigundla (9) smerrell (2) srid (0) TOMHTML (6) Vitor (5) WindPower (28) wvpv (10) Yann Dìnendal (0)
- happy_harry said: ötletek, amiket meg kell hogy valósítsanak, szerintem létfontosságú, hogy előrevigyék az interface-t
- Jakub said: Really interesting to see how open the design process is (not just the code as in traditional open source).
- Sai Gudigundla said: interesting ideas...
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Firefox Proposal: A Better New Tab Screen (10)
onI’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to design interfaces at scale. The amount of time saved when the tasks we do often are streamlined is staggering when multiplied by a quarter of a billion users. At the moment, I’m interested in what we can streamline in the new-tab workflow. Right now, when you open a new tab, you get a blank screen. While clean, it has a 100% probability of not ...Shared by Brian Antonelli (4) cuqui (19) dvmorris (28) hanonno (0) Jeff Daly (42) Jeroen (4) jonezy (5) spiri (4) sryo (19) Tom (2)
- jonezy said: another in a great series of posts from Aza raskin on his design work at mozilla
- Tom said: you should really watch these two videos as well:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6856727143023456694&ei=hVy0SIf1EI7-qwKWisDZDA&q=aza+raskinhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1360381493206287505&ei=hVy0SIf1EI7-qwKWisDZDA&q=aza+raskin&vt=lfit's a lot to watch, but it's worth it (take a week off from reading about politics, if necessary).
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Firefox Mobile Design Session: Bookmarks (2)
onWith over two thousand watches of the find-in-page session, and a lively discussion, the experiment into broadcasting our internal face-to-face meetings is a continuing success. It exceeded our expectations for participation and yield of quality dialogue; we’ll be trying to do more of these at Mozilla—not just for Mobile—in the future. For the third installment of the Firefox Mobile design discussions, it’s bookmark time. Bookmarks have been a fundamental feature in the browser since Mosaic ...Shared by Jeroen (4) jonezy (5)Contribute comment
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Firefox 3.1 Proposal: Tabs in the Awesome Bar (9)
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At the end of my last post on tabs, I mentioned Madhava’s concept for putting tabs into the Awesome Bar. It’s a scalable and elegant solution. It has the hallmark of a good interface: it’s almost invisible, with no training required to gain the benefits of the feature. In one fell swoop it solves the twin problem of (1) it being easier to open a new page than it is to find an existing tab ...Shared by andyed (1) Brandon (2) Compuwizard123 (16) Jeroen (4) jonezy (5) sike (6) sryo (19) Tim (4) Zaki (47)Contribute comment -
Ambient Information in the Browser (7)
onMy browser knows a lot about me. It knows what I’m typing, what I buy, what websites I go to and how often, my calendar, and with whom I communicate. In fact, my computer probably knows more about me than I do myself. Yet, despite the wealth of information about my interests and habits, my browser rarely uses that knowledge to make my life easier. In Mozilla Labs, we’ve been starting to think about how ...Contribute comment
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Firefox 3.1: Control-Tab Woes (5)
onAtul recently had a great post about the problems of Control-Tab, which is currently in the nightly for Firefox 3.1. While I agree with everything Atul said, and I’d go a couple steps further. The problem that Control-Tab addresses exists—we waste a lot of time switching between tabs, an in particular switching back and forth between a set of tabs. It is also great that we are taking the steps to ensure a better user ...
- jonezy said: looks like an interesting design process around some tab concepts in firefox
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Firefox Mobile Design Session: In-page Find (5)
onThis is the second installment in the ongoing experiment to open the face-to-face design meetings we have at Mozilla. This design meeting centered around in-page find for Fennec (Firefox Mobile). This feature is as invaluable tool on the desktop, letting you home in quickly on the information you’re looking for once a search engine has got you to the right page. It’s incremental nature means you never have to type a key more than you ...
- cuqui said: Video is a low information density medium, so for this video we are trying Viddler which allows viewers to make in-line comments to increase its time-information density. The hope is that you guys can annotate, call out interesting sections, or providing feedback on ideas discussed. (Thanks to Patrick and Ian for suggesting this change) WOW Aza Raskin used one of my ideas , yeah!!!!!
