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just read about this new firefox-extension and i'm completly amazed by it. it's like quicksilver for browsing (sort of). it's still really early alpha but this looks really promising.
here's the link
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and hopefully the videolinkage works aswell:
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Roshi
[negative blog post removed]
08/27/08
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DerryGodo
OMG yes. I am a diehard quicksilver user. When I'm at a computer without it, I feel like I have mittens on my hands.
QS seems to be nearing the end of its life (ETA a year or so), but the original author says he's working on a replacement.
Now, all this Ubiquity thing needs is a hook that allows me to activate it from Quicksilver...
08/27/08
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dkarma
ugh...don't tell me Mozilla is getting into M$ territory with the whole "let us do it for you" kind of thinking.
what kind of idiot has troubles copy and pasting a link to google maps or reviews?
IMO if you don't know how to use your computer don't own one.
08/27/08
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hecanjog
^ it's really more about a different way of interacting with all this data and services out there i think. dude makes a good point that in 2008, we shouldn't really be pasting fucked up URLs just to illustrate a point on a map we're talking about.
08/27/08
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Otterfan
I'm divided about quicksilver and also about this. I've got to laugh at the phrase "structured natural language".
I'm a big fan of the semantic web and natural language processing as ideas, but this jumps the gun a bit. I could easily see this kind of app hitting a wall for some reason: lack of structured data, NLP limitations, etc. There are such huge problems for this kind of complex semantic application--ambiguities, building ontologies, establishing trust.
It's definitely a good model for the way things should be, but if they can get anywhere even close to an app that can handle arbitrary sentences like the flight ticket example I'd be really surprised. I think what they're really doing is creating a less intimidating scripting language, which is an admirable goal.
08/28/08
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yghartsyrt
sure otterfan, this is far from semantic-applications and such, but after working with things like these (same with quicksilver) there are some little bits in workflow, that makes using these programm rewarding. like hecanjog said, we shouldn't be copy/paste that much anymore in 2008. but it's definitively not the mega-uber app, some people might want those to be.
but nevertheless i'm still stunned. 
dkarma, i have absolutely no idea, what you are talking about? what has this to do, with a microsoft-attitude? and what does not wanting to do redundant steps a hundred times a day having to do with not knowing how to use a computer?
i'd say it's the opposite. sticking to old (and maybe already dated) behaviour is more about not knowing the tools right. at least to me
08/28/08
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jogn
Wouldn't this affect something like ads on the target sites? It seems easily breakable, just one change in the way the format is laid out on the target sites, and this'll break. i too think that this seems like it would eventually become a handholding exercise.
08/28/08
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Analog
I found that article quite wierd in its use of music related terminology - Mashup, remix - give us our words back you nerds!
08/28/08
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cbit
Very intersting thanks ygh. Very soon i'll be depending on a tool like this i think.
08/28/08
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Otterfan
yg said: "sure otterfan, this is far from semantic-applications and such, but after working with things like these (same with quicksilver) there are some little bits in workflow, that makes using these programm rewarding. like hecanjog said, we shouldn't be copy/paste that much anymore in 2008."
For sure. I guess that's where the positive side of my mixed feelings come in. My preferred workflow is text-based: I do everything I can with script one-liners. I wish every application offered more extensive command-line support. I just feel more comfortable with the usual pipes & perl than with the not-quite natural language of Quicksilver.
I'm pulling for it though--I even wrote a couple of commands this morning.
08/28/08
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cartesia
definitely something that should've happened a long time ago (but admitedly i never considered the possibility)
08/28/08
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lowlifi
I saw this on reddit.com, and have been using it more than I thought I would. Definitely an amazing tool especially with Quicksilver.
08/28/08
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tunalicker
its a good start. the follow-through would be registering all the useful sites' APIs and being able to call more than maps and a few assorted generalized things. maybe like: em411 upload release /user/mp3/artist-song.mp3 AND match photo name (artist-song.mp3) [return]
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semantics follow (though off on a severe tangent!) 
Otterfan said: "I'm divided about quicksilver and also about this...
I could easily see this kind of app hitting a wall for some reason: lack of structured data, NLP limitations, etc.
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define:NLP / ambiguous
1: Natural Language Processing (new acronym? possibly 2000s?)
2: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (historical acronym, 1970s)
3: National labour party (Europe 1920s)
4: Neuro-linguistic psychotherapy
08/28/08
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flies
looks friggin awesome.
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