Mozilla Shapes The Future Of Web With Ubiquity

By Dee Chisamera
15:02, August 27th 2008
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Mozilla Shapes The Future Of Web With Ubiquity

Mozilla comes to rescue us from the Internet mess we’re in by introducing Ubiquity, a Mozilla Labs experiment that attempts to make it easier for users to do certain Web tasks without having to work or click excessively.

According to the developer, Ubiquity was created to empower users to control the web browser with language-based instructions (in other words, users just need to type what they want to do); to enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs (allowing everyone to remix the Web so that it fits their needs); to use trust networks and social constructs to balance security with ease of extensibility; and to extend the browser functionality easily.

Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla Labs, admitted in a blog post that they still have a lot of work to do: “We have made the ultimate faux pas of putting hyphens into what should be natural language.”

Furthermore, he added: “It’s hard top know what you can and can’t type. It’s certainly something I don’t think everyday users would be comfortable with. Yet, kernel of the idea is right. It needs thought and a lot of refinement. We’ll need your help to shape the future of the Web.”

Together with the announcement, Mozilla Labs also brought an experimental prototype meant to not only demonstrate the concepts of Ubiquity, but also to show the extent of possibilities that it opens up.

Ubiquity 0.1 will allow users to map and insert maps anywhere, translate on-page, search, and the list of commands continues. In addition to that, its developers hope it will inspire people to be more creative.



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