New prototype software released by Mozilla this Tuesday called Ubiquity a combine data a Web 2.0 command line browser.
"Ubiquity treats extending the browser like writing Web sites," explains Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla Labs, in a blog post. "... With search, users type what they want to find. With Ubiquity, they type what they want to do."
"In the Beginning... was the Command Line," a Neal Stephenson essay famously declared. The command line faded for a time, as graphic interfaces became more functional, but now the command line is back.
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Enterprise's Dave Girouard has described Google as the "uber-command-line interface to the world."
In a February 2007 blog post, Raskin, before joining Mozilla, acknowledged Google's role in reviving interest in the command line. "The move back to language started with Web search engines in general, with Google placing the capstone when it's name became the house-hold verb for 'typing to find what you want,'" he wrote. "In fact, Googling is almost always faster than wading through my bookmark menu (which says there is something wrong with using menus as a mechanism for accessing bookmarks)."
The goal is to allow users to define their own commands, like macros than span applications.
source: www.informationweek.com
