Ubiquity: New Web Tool that Makes Sense

The guys over at mozilla labs are at it again. They have just released a prototype of Ubiquity, a Firefox extension that allows you to perform tasks using various web services without having to leave the page your on.

Scenario:
You are writing an email to a friend to give him directions to a place. Normally you would have to open another page, map the address on a map site, copy the link and then return to your email page and paste it. But he stills has to open your email, click the link which will open another page, and then finally see the directions.

Now let's see how this gets done using Ubiquity:

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Part 3 & 4 of the Aurora Video

Looks like the complete series is out and awaiting your approval. I don't like how the interface is so crowded, but the overall idea is neat. Go check out the vids over at lifehacker.

Part 2 of the Aurora Video

The guys over at Mozilla Labs aren't wasting time. Part 2 is out and is quite impressive. The video might actually lag since everyone is trying to watch it so give it a little time. I think that a lot of the functionality mentioned there is around right now, just not as nice.

Update:
I replaced the actual video with this link to it(the video was slowing things down around here).

My favorite Linux Commercial(for the moment)

I just had to share this one...