bit.ly for ubiquity screencast
Ok, ubiquity is AWESOME. Think Firefox + Textmate + Quicksilver.
If you like macros, keyboard shortcuts, textmate, quicksilver, launcy, emacs, the command line, auto complete, or touch typing, go download the ubiquity Firefox Extension right now. This tool lets you create javascript macros that are launched through a Quicksilver interface inside Firefox.
I just made the bit.ly bookmarklet into a ubiquity command in about five minutes. The screencast is linked at the top of this post. You can install the bit.ly macro by first getting the ubiquity plugin, then returning to this page and clicking the subscribe button at the top right hand part of the page.
Ubiquity is my new favorite thing. I started working on a vaguely similar Firefox extension about a year ago called snipfire, but the execution of ubiquity is lovely. More importantly, it’s very easy to write new macros for it. Plus, it’s quite clear that Mozilla spent a good amount of time thinking about sharing ubiquity scripts and the social distribution of these scripts.
Brilliant!
