ubiquity

Ubiquity Commands

What is Ubiquity

Ubiquity is a Firefox 3 plugin that enables the user to interact with websites and services using simple keyboard commands.

Below is a list of Commands in the wild that support Microformats.

See user-interface for ways in which extensions could or do handle microformats.

Commands in the wild

Microformats Wiki Search

• Search the Microformats Wiki available at http://weborganics.co.uk/
  1. commands:
     • uf-search (search term)

Microformats Extraction commands

• Microformats extraction commands available at http://transformr.co.uk/
  1. commands:
     • get-atom from hAtom
     • get-vcard from hCard
     • get-webcal from hCalendar
     • get-podcast from hAudio

• Microformats Detection command available at http://srv.buzzword.org.uk
  1. command:
     • cognifiy-page output_format, Detects all Microformats on page using Cognition
     • cognifiy-selection output_format, Detects all Microformats within selected text using Cognition

Ubiquitiy and Firefox' Microformats-API

It is also possible to use the Firefox Microformats-API directly (with Ubiquity).

Here is a little code snippet:

Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Microformats.js");
CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
  name: "count-hcards",
  execute: function() {
    var doc = Application.activeWindow.activeTab.document;	
    var uFcount = Microformats.count('hCard', doc);
    displayMessage( uFcount );
  }
})

• TransFormr uses some of the above code to check if certain microformats are present (hCard and hCalendar) before performing a transformation.

See also

• bookmarklets
• firefox-extensions
• greasemonkey - a powerful tool for customizing Firefox.
• operator-phone-tests - a page listing tests of Operator's "Send to Bluetooth device" options with results
• RSS extensions - for viewing hAtom feeds via third-party converters