I do however believe that Mozilla can bounce back if they wished by including an add-on that many of us were excited about 3 years ago and one that is still developed.
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me (re)-introduce you to Ubiquity. I think that this video showcases Ubiquity best so please have a look.
I have used Ubiquity and it's not just bling. It's both cool and useful. It also recognizes input that is pretty normal human language. It is being maintained by just one person (Satyr), the last update having been released in November last year. You can download it here.
In order to run Ubiquity, you can download and try it out from here.
In many ways the only thing that differentiates Firefox and Chrome are the different extensions. Sure, Firefox uses significantly less memory and Google Chrome performs slightly faster but the only reason I use Firefox over Opera or Chrome is because of the amazing extension Leechblock.
In terms of interface, most web browsers are aggressively removing every pixel you don't need and letting you configure the interface through extensions. Only Opera seems to be trying to throw in new ideas. Firefox did attempt to introduce something new with Panoramas but it never caught on.
Ubiquity is a project that I believe will generate interest and become an asset to Firefox if the people at Mozilla decide to include it and perhaps let a few more people work on it and refine it more. I see serious potential in this project, do you?
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