Here is the list of Commands I recommend(there's a ton of other commands found at the herd, if you can think of one I didn't list, feel free to comment. If you would like to see one that doesn't exist, submit a suggestion over at mozilla labs or leave a comment here and I'll try to whip it up for you/or get help):
- add-to-calendar Adds an event to your calendar(it only works with google calendar at the moment, no problem since thats what I use)
- amazon-search Searches Amazon for books matching your words
-check-calendar Checks what events are on your calendar for a given date.
- convert Converts a selection to a PDF, to rich text, or to html.
- define Gives the meaning of a word.
- delete Deletes the selected chunk of HTML from the page.
- digg If not yet submitted, submits the page to Digg. Otherwise, it takes you to the story's Digg page.
- ebay-search Searches EBay for auctions matching the given words.
-email Begins composing an email to a person from your contact list.(again only works with gmail)
- flickr Searches Flickr for pictures matching your words.
- google-image-search Browse and embed pictures from Google Images
- highlight Highlights your current selection(Very useful for pages you bookmark or add to ReaditLater)
- imdb Searches the Internet Movie Database for your words.
- lh SearchLifehacker.com for the given words.( I wrote this one so show me some love and subscribe to it here. UPDATE: Check my gist page for new my new commands or revisions)
- lmgtfy Replaces the selected words with a TinyUrl of the Let Me Google That For You link
- map Turns an address or location name into a Google Map.
- map-these Maps multiple selected addresses or links onto a single Google Map.
-mininova Search mininova for the LEGAL torrents you are looking for.
-movies Does a zip-code based movie search and displays nearby theaters and movie times
- netflix Search netflix for the movie you type or select on a page.
- remove-annotations Resets any annotation changes you've made to the page your on(such as highlighting, bold, ...).
- sparkline Graphs the current selection, turning it into a sparkline.
- syntax-highlight Treats your selection as program source code, guesses its language, and colors it based on syntax.(Programmers delight).
- tab Switches to the tab that matches the given name.(If you have a million of them open, this saves lives)
- tinyurl Replaces the selected URL with a TinyUrl.
-track Tracks a UPS, USPS, or FedEx package(just enter the tracking number)
- translate Translates from one language to another.
- twitter Sets your Twitter status to a message of at most 160 characters.
- weather Checks the weather for a given location.(It doesn't take you to a website with the weather, it actually displays the weather inside Ubiquity. Take a look at the forecast command if you need more detailed weather reports).
- wikipedia Searches Wikipedia for your words, in a given language.
- youtube Searches YouTube for videos matching your words.
To get any of the commands I listed, just type their name into the search box over at the herd. Give this add-on a try, let me know what you guys think of it.
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