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Heather replied on July 10, 2009 23:13 to the problem "Ubiquity 0.5 does not recognize Google Apps mail." in Mozilla:

I don't have a Google Apps account, so I can't test this. What happens if you have no Gmail tab open, but do have Google Apps open?

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 23:06 to the idea "using ubiquity with the keyboard only" in Mozilla:

I like this idea. Improving the Map command is definitely a goal for the next major release.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 23:01 to the problem "Ubiquity 0.5 on Firefox 3.5 is crashing my whole computer" in Mozilla:

Before you start trying to troubleshoot if it's an addon conflict, I'd go to the "support" tab on "about:ubiquity" (type it into the address bar) and see if the reset function solves the problem.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 20:46 to the idea "Command configuration/options mechanism needed" in Mozilla:

Thanks for the idea! These are definitely issues that are being considered.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 20:42 to the idea "Standardised Command Feedback Mechanism Needed" in Mozilla:

Hi Marcus,

I know Brandon has already offered you some feedback on the list, but I'd like to answer here so other people know what's going on with this idea.

First, the good news! The commands that come with Ubiquity were written by people on the core Ubiquity team. So for Map and Twitter, giving that feedback here or via the ubiquity-firefox list will in fact get to them. You highlight a very important point, which is that it's not actually clear to the end user who wrote them or how to get support for them. I'll be working on making that clearer.

As far as standardizing the feedback method, that actually will be difficult to do for commands that don't come bundled with Ubiquity, because we can't force command authors to include their email addresses. However, I think there's a command author style guide in the works, so we should highlight how useful including those commands are to authors. (We already do in our Command Authoring Tutorial).

I do really like, at least for standard bundled commands, the idea of a feedback link.

If you want to see how we're progressing on these issues, you can see the bug ticket I just added here.

Heather

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 20:27 to the problem "Prompt window flicker and sluggishness in v0.5" in Mozilla:

The flicker and not doing anything when you hit enter are issues we are working on for the next update.

The sluggishness is a bit harder to pin down and improve on, but it is something the developers are constantly trying to improve on.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 17:51 to the question "How can I backup ubiquity commands?" in Mozilla:

Are they commands in your command editor or commands you are subscribed to?

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 13:12 to the problem "Problem with tutorial using only 'cal'" in Mozilla:

Are you updated to the release version of 0.5? I know this was a problem in the betas/previews, but I believe it was fixed.

Heather set one of Heather's replies as an official response to "Make Ubiquity the Address Bar" in Mozilla

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 03:06 to the idea "Make Ubiquity the Address Bar" in Mozilla:

For people who are really excited about this feature and want to try out the very experimental version, check out Blair's blog post that includes how to try it out:

Taskfox Guinea Pigs Wanted

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:51 to the problem "When I have a selection highlighted and type "map" nothing shows up" in Mozilla:

It seems like in some cases the map command is working, but taking FOREVER to load.

Can you try "map chicago" and then just leave the interface open for 30 seconds or so and see if a map appears eventually?

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:50 to the idea "Would you kindly make the default command 'Google?'" in Mozilla:

You're right Miriam, it actually doesn't suggest your most used commands. Apparently we've had a lot of trouble with this feature and so it's turned off again and is being worked on.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:48 to the problem "Puts 1.9 commands in unsuscribed list for accidental re-subscription." in Mozilla:

How does it screw everything up?

Unfortunately getting them out of the unsubscribed list is actually a little difficult to implement. I'll see if someone can take a look at it.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:46 to the problem "Interactive Ubiquity tutorial displays incorrectly/problem with reading full text" in Mozilla:

We are in fact aware of this and are working on it. Thanks for your offer of help Viewer! Let us know if you need any help, the_chemist.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:44 to the problem "Ubiquity 0.5 on Firefox 3.5 is crashing my whole computer" in Mozilla:

Wow! That's terrible!

Does the problem go away if you downgrade to 0.1.9?

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:35 to the problem "Ubiquity weather doesn't recognize foreign cities" in Mozilla:

James, you're right. That query doesn't work in the preview (but it does work if you execute the function). You've made us aware of yet another edge case related to this command.

Improving the weather command is on the list for the next release of Ubiquity. Making addresses more reliable and making preview work in non-english versions of Firefox are both issues we are aware of and working on.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:32 to the problem "Ubiquity 0.5 freezes" in Mozilla:

Hmmm, interesting that changing back to pre3 fixed it. I'll see if I can find out what might have changed between those two versions.

Kutullu, for lack of a better troubleshooting step, can you try installing pre3 and see if it resolves your problem?

https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/0.5pre3/ubiquity-0.5pre3.xpi

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:28 to the idea "Wolfram Alpha implementation" in Mozilla:

Here are two versions of a command that work in 0.1:

http://common-lisp.net/project/lifp/ubiquity/wolfram.htm

http://gist.github.com/120223

I don't know of any that have been updated for 0.5 yet, but I'll post one when I find one.

Heather replied on July 10, 2009 02:17 to the problem "Alt+space doesn't work" in Mozilla:

LOL Jonnan.

Nick, it seems you are having this problem too. Do you see anything in the error console (tools->error console) after pushing the shortcut key? If you type "about:ubiquity" into the address bar, do you get the about page?

This page might help people experiencing this problem:

Troubleshooting Ubiquity Interface Issues

Heather set one of Heather's replies as an official response to "Chained commands in Ubiquity" in Mozilla