If you are using Ubiquity, you may have noticed that a nice feature is that you can create your own commands from right within the browser. There is a nice tutorial on how to get started on this on the Mozilla site.
The absolute easiest way to create a new Ubiquity command is to make a command from an existing bookmarklet. There is a video here that explains this. Basically, you just copy and paste some code snippets and bam, there's your nifty new command.
Commands I've made using this method are:
The 'page2rss' command:
CmdUtils.makeBookmarkletCommand({
name: "Add to Page2RSS",
url:"javascript:location.href='http://page2rss.com?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href);"
});
I've gotten so used to clicking the RSS icon in Firefox to subscribe to sites I like, that when I come to a site with no RSS feed I feel really frustrated. So I use this bookmarklet/command that sends the page through page2rss.com which in turn monitors the page for changes and creates a feed for it. Then I subscribe. :)
The 'HuffDuff it' command:
CmdUtils.makeBookmarkletCommand({
name: "HuffDuff It",
url:"javascript:var%20w=window.open('http://huffduffer.com/add?popup=true&page='+encodeURIComponent(location.href),'huffduff','scrollbars=1,status=0,resizable=1,location=0,toolbar=0,width=360,height=480');"
});
This allows me to submit things to my huffduffer.com queue. For more on how I use huffduffer.com, see my last post.
Similarly, one for the 'easylistener player':
CmdUtils.makeBookmarkletCommand({
name: "easylistener",
url: "javascript:void(window.open(%22http://webjay.org/flash/xspf_player?playlist_url=%22+encodeURIComponent(location.href),%22easylistener%22,%22menubar=no,location=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=yes%22));"
});
I used to use Google Notebook heavily until I heard it was being pseudo-discontinued. Now I use Evernote, and thus an Evernote command:
CmdUtils.makeBookmarkletCommand({
name: "evernote this",
url: "javascript:(function(){EN_CLIP_HOST='http://www.evernote.com';try{var%20x=document.createElement('SCRIPT');x.type='text/javascript';x.src=EN_CLIP_HOST+'/public/bookmarkClipper.js?'+(new%20Date().getTime()/100000);document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(x);}catch(e){location.href=EN_CLIP_HOST+'/clip.action?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title);}})();"
});
This last one is one that I actually "wrote". I gradually figured out how the commands are normally written, and made this one mostly from scratch. It let's you type in a song name and it returns a list of songs from the tinysong.com service. I find it extremely useful when I want to hear a particular song. This makes it really easy to go from thinking about a song directly to listening to that song. Much less cumbersome than opening a new tab, browsing to the site, and typing it in there. The command could use a few improvements, but I'm still pretty happy with it.
CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "tinysong",
takes: {"song to find": noun_arb_text},
preview: function( pblock, songToFind ) {
pblock.innerHTML = "song results...";
var baseUrl = 'http://tinysong.com/?';
var params = {s: songToFind.text, limit: 5 };
jQuery.get( baseUrl,
params,
function ( response ){
var results = eval( '(' + response + ')' );
pblock.innerHTML = results.Custom;
}
);
},
execute: function( songToFind ) {
var doc = Application.activeWindow.activeTab.document;
var url_dest = 'http://tinysong.com/?s='+songToFind.text+'&limit=10';
Application.activeWindow.open(Utils.url(url_dest));
}
});
It should be possible to copy and paste these directly into your Ubiquity command editor and they should work right away. Let me know if you try them out.
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